Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety96#119/3,096
Economy54#1,444/3,143
Housing81#588/3,140
Health62#1,187/3,144
Healthcare23#2,406/3,143
Environment70#942/3,108
Education36#2,025/3,144
Infrastructure53#1,472/3,144
Community81#610/3,144
Leisure & amenities60#1,273/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Tama County, Iowa ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Iowa 13%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.397
96/100Iowa 0.444United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
96/100Iowa 9.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Public libraries · high5.4 /10k
93/100Iowa 1.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Rent-burdened households · low36.1%
92/100Iowa 43.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Injury deaths · low68 /100k
91/100Iowa 76 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
6/100Iowa 4.1 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
7/100Iowa 10.1United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Primary care physicians · low18 /100k
11/100Iowa 74 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New business applications · low8.0 /1k
11/100Iowa 10.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Dental care shortage · high18.0
13/100Iowa 5.3United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
13/100Iowa 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
53% (2021) → 0% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−53 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedWorsening
1.5 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
11.9 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
48.8% (2010 & 2021) → 61.7% (2022 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.4% (2015-2019) → 87.5% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Traffic deathsImproving
19.9 /100k (2015-2019) → 9.5 /100k (2020-2024)
−53%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Tama County, Iowa improved on 7 of 25 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 15 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

Traffic deaths−53%19.9 /100k → 9.5 /100k
Bachelor's++4.7 points15.8% → 20.5%
Household income+31%$56,281 → $73,493
Broadband+12 points75.4% → 87.5%
Real income+34%$51,131 → $68,323

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 25 measures

Change of every measure of Tama County, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.9 /10k2020	3.0 /10k2025	+1.5%	Within the margin of error	41%
Average commute time	22.3 min2015-2019	22.7 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Within the margin of error	49%
Average weekly wage	$8692020	$9542025	+9.8%	Improved	2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%2015-2019	20.5%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Improved	82%
Broadband subscriptions	75.4%2015-2019	87.5%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	67%
Child poverty rate	17.6%2019	14.9%2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Distance to an airport	45 mi2020	45 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	1.27%2015-2019	1.20%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Grocery stores	3.5 /10k2020	3.0 /10k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	22%
High school diploma or higher	91.3%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	78%
Income adjusted for local prices	$51,1312019	$68,3232024	+34%	Improved	62%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4172015-2019	0.3972020-2024	−0.020	Within the margin of error	82%
Median household income	$56,2812019	$73,4932024	+31%	Improved	78%
New business applications	5.9 /1k2020	8.0 /1k2025	+36%	Improved	39%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+1.5%	Within the margin of error	75%
Poverty rate	13.1%2019	11.6%2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Public libraries	5.3 /10k2019	5.4 /10k2024	+0.6%	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent as share of income	24.2%2015-2019	26.5%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Rent-burdened households	36.3%2015-2019	36.1%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Restaurants and bars	10.0 /10k2020	8.3 /10k2025	−16%	Within the margin of error	17%
Students per teacher	13.9×2019	13.8×2024	−0.1×	Little change	28%
Traffic deaths	19.9 /100k2015-2019	9.5 /100k2020-2024	−53%	Improved	96%
Unemployment rate	5.4%2020	4.8%2025	−0.6 points	Little change	8%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.4%2019	7.6%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	45%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3114 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Tama County, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tama County, Iowa in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Tama County, Iowa itself moved −3.2 points in standing on average over the same 29 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

16,868 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 men (+1.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

16,868 residents

Tama County, Iowa
Iowa share

White78%13,220
Black0.9%154
Hispanic or Latino12%1,968
Asian0.7%116
American Indian and Alaska Native5.3%897
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†6
Other or two or more races3.0%507

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−2.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

11,553 residents (±69)

Tama County, Iowa
Iowa share

No high school diploma8.5%977
High school or GED39%4,553
Some college19%2,192
Associate degree13%1,462
Bachelor's degree15%1,682
Graduate degree5.9%687

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Some college (−3.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

6,720 households (±173)

Tama County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k15%1,031
$25k–50k18%1,215
$50k–75k21%1,402
$75k–100k15%986
$100k–150k19%1,281
$150k–200k8.2%550
$200k or more3.8%255

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+6.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

6,720 households (±173)

Tama County, Iowa
Iowa share

Own76%5,104
Rent24%1,616

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,269 households (±171)

Tama County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $75031%397
$750–1,00035%†444
$1,000–1,50025%318

Home values

5,104 homes (±166)

Tama County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $150k50%2,574
$150k–250k26%1,306
$250k–400k15%777

Age of homes

7,595 homes (±42)

Tama County, Iowa
Iowa share

2010 or later3.2%†240
2000–20098.9%676
1980–199912%946

Size of homes

7,595 homes (±42)

Tama County, Iowa
Iowa share

Studio1.1%†80
1 bedroom6.7%511
2 bedrooms26%2,007

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

7,899 workers (±260)

Tama County, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone79%6,234
Carpool10%808
Public transit0.1%†9
Walk1.6%†127
Bike0.2%†13
Work from home8.7%689
Other0.2%†19

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+3.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

7,210 workers (±236)

Tama County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under 15 min40%2,897
15–29 min29%2,089
30–44 min18%1,268

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Tama County has 282 employer establishments, 168 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248; 0.65× Iowa's), with 3,565 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,224. The Census Bureau also counts 1,153 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 282; 1,153 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 168; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 3,565
Average annual pay: $45,224; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Tama County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	23	13.7	0.88×About typical	111	$49,577	132
Truck transportation	21	12.5	2.47×More than typical	119	$55,798	74
Religious organizations	19	11.3	2.04×More than typical	41	$17,317	—
Restaurants and other eating places	16	9.5	0.52×Fewer than typical	159	$15,038	—
Banks and credit unions	12	7.1	2.21×More than typical	75	$55,373	—
Full-service restaurants	11	6.5	0.85×About typical	45	$19,067	—
Gasoline stations	11	6.5	2.02×More than typical	143	$28,685	—
Ambulatory health care services	10	5.9	0.29×Fewer than typical	38	$50,132	33
Offices of other health practitioners	8	4.8	0.78×Too few to compare	21	$41,143	13
Other specialty trade contractors	8	4.8	1.89×Too few to compare	21	$69,476	39
Building equipment contractors	7	4.2	0.69×Too few to compare	68	$48,162	36
Lessors of real estate	7	4.2	0.34×Too few to compare	10	$69,400	110

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 16,824 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $0 on contracts performed in Tama County, Iowa: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

129.7KFY2020
25.6KFY2022

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $141.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Tama County, Iowa: $8,450 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $141.9M; −0.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,450; US $12,955
Loan face value: $2.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 12%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$76.2M54%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$13.1M9.3%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$12.4M8.8%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$7.7M5.4%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$6.5M4.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$6M4.2%
15.042 · Indian School Equalization$5M3.5%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$2.5M1.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$14.6M10%
AMES, IA
SAC & FOX TRIBE OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN IOWA$9.3M6.5%
TAMA, IA
RD TOLEDO, LLLP$279.8K0.2%
TOLEDO, IA
MID - IOWA HOUSING CORPORATION$263.9K0.2%
WEST DES MOINES, IA
TAMA SENIOR HOUSING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$243.1K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$91.4M64%
Farm Service Agency$14.7M10%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration$14.6M10%
Department of Transportation
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$8.9M6.3%
Department of the Interior
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

152.8MFY2021
185MFY2022
115.8MFY2023
134MFY2024
142.7MFY2025
141.9MFY2026

County aggregates

70%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Tama County, Iowa compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Tama County, Iowa
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tama County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tama County, Iowa	United States
FY2017	$0	$1,436
FY2018	$0	$1,552
FY2019	$0	$1,654
FY2020	$7.61	$1,880
FY2021	$0	$1,810
FY2022	$1.51	$1,917
FY2023	$0	$2,079
FY2024	$0	$2,047
FY2025	$0	$2,165
FY2026	$0 (partial year)	$1,911

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tama County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tama County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$1,582	$5,748
FY2022	$2,223	$5,221
FY2023	$178	$5,364
FY2024	$1,017	$5,501
FY2025	$447	$5,732
FY2026	$906

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tama County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tama County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$1,408	$298
FY2022	$2,004	$357
FY2023	$37.80	$301
FY2024	$870	$319
FY2025	$297	$360
FY2026	$867

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tama County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tama County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$109	$239
FY2022	$60.99	$185
FY2023	$78.30	$229
FY2024	$67.56	$229
FY2025	$61.86	$249
FY2026	$77.46

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tama County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tama County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	-$5.79	$2,304
FY2022	$43.74	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	-$13.70	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tama County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tama County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$1,290	$1,186
FY2022	$158	$465
FY2023	-$48.19	$76.52
FY2024	$2.26	$120
FY2025	$13.16	$148
FY2026	$0

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Tama County, Iowa
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Tama County, Iowa and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Tama County, Iowa	United States
2014	0.4%	2.0%
2015	10.1%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/19171

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Tama County, Iowa is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Ashley HinsonR-IA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.5%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Tama County

Places whose residents live mostly in Tama County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/19171

Calendar years	Tama County, Iowa	United States
2014	−7.6%	−4.2%
2015	−4.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+3.3%
2018	+7.3%	+6.8%
2019	+12.1%	+10.5%
2020	+26.3%	+19.4%
2021	+30.8%	+26.1%
2022	+41.0%	+30.6%
2023	+36.2%	+35.0%
2024	+36.3%	+41.0%
2025	+38.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Tama County, Iowa	United States
2014	−3.1%	−5.5%
2015	+0.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.4%	+4.1%
2018	+6.0%	+8.9%
2019	+7.9%	+13.5%
2020	+18.4%	+20.8%
2021	+36.6%	+32.1%
2022	+39.3%	+35.4%
2023	+36.4%	+42.9%
2024	+37.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Tama County, Iowa	United States
2014	1.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.2/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Tama County, Iowa	United States
2014	+8.9%	−6.9%
2015	+17.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.4%	+4.7%
2018	+12.9%	+7.5%
2019	+11.5%	+14.0%
2020	+15.6%	+16.9%
2021	+22.2%	+21.0%
2022	+31.4%	+29.7%
2023	+31.3%	+34.9%
2024	+45.6%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Tama County, Iowa	United States
2014	12.9%	15.5%
2015	11.2%	14.7%
2016	12.1%	14.0%
2017	9.5%	13.4%
2018	11.4%	13.1%
2019	13.1%	12.3%
2020	10.8%	11.9%
2021	12.9%	12.8%
2022	13.5%	12.6%
2023	12.3%	12.5%
2024	11.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Tama County, Iowa	United States
2014	5.3%	6.2%
2015	4.3%	5.3%
2016	4.5%	4.9%
2017	3.7%	4.4%
2018	3.3%	3.9%
2019	3.2%	3.7%
2020	5.4%	8.1%
2021	4.6%	5.4%
2022	3.7%	3.7%
2023	4.3%	3.6%
2024	4.5%	4.0%
2025	4.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Tama County, Iowa	United States
2014	−3.2% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.3% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+23.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+38.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+50.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+54.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+59.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+69.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Tama County, Iowa	United States
2014	9.1%	13.5%
2015	8.2%	10.9%
2016	6.4%	10.0%
2017	7.7%	10.2%
2018	7.9%	10.4%
2019	8.4%	10.8%
2020	8.3%	10.4%
2021	8.1%	10.2%
2022	6.5%	9.5%
2023	7.3%	9.5%
2024	7.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	Tama County, Iowa	United States
2014	6.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.8/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	8.0/1k	16.6/1k

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