Anamosa is a city of 5,629 people in Iowa. 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $172,600. 2% of residents were born outside the United States. Density works out to 2,230 people per square mile. That trails the Iowa median by roughly 19%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $60,650, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
18% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 31%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Anamosa
What changed most since 1990
White share91.9% → 88.1%(−3.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate9.5% → 18.5%(+9.1 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree11.7% → 18.2%(+6.4 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Anamosa's population equals 27% of Jones County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 7.9% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 42% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)37%(171)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18%(83)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era18.8%(87)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.1%(42)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.9%(9)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 462 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Anamosa, decade by decade
Anamosa population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
5,100
$59,632
$102,963
11.7%
19.0
2000
5,494
$60,632
$131,888
10.3%
24.3
2010
5,533
$59,006
$140,117
13.1%
24.0
2020
5,450
$51,054
$150,414
16.7%
34.1
2024
5,629
$60,650
$172,600
18.2%
27.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
