With 10,720 people, Pella is a city in Iowa. 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The average commute runs 14 minutes. The foreign-born share is 4%. The median age is 35.2, younger than the US median of 38.9. The poverty rate is 6.0%, under the national 12.5%.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $84,111, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.2
US median: 38.9
More educated
47% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 38%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Pella
What changed most since 1990
White share96.8% → 93.7%(−3.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree21.8% → 47.3%(+25.5 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Homes owned by their occupants70.4% → 62.5%(−8.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Pella's population equals 32% of Marion County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 55% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 19% 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)24.3%(66)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)8.8%(24)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era37.5%(102)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.1%(22)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.6%(7)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 272 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
Pella, decade by decade
Pella 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
9,270
$72,943
$146,644
21.8%
7.7
2000
9,832
$82,878
$212,405
31.4%
10.5
2010
10,352
$84,136
$231,178
38.8%
14.5
2020
10,464
$91,931
$255,255
43.6%
22.3
2024
10,720
$84,111
$292,700
47.3%
15.2
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.
