Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Polk County, IA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Bachelor's Degree or Higher Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Education Change
National Distribution
How Polk County's bachelor's degree or higher of 40.3% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 80.5%.
Distribution of Bachelor's Degree or Higher Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Polk County for bachelor's degree or higher.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #270 | Harford County, MD | 40.3% |
| #271 | Collier County, FL | 40.3% |
| #272 | Sussex County, NJ | 40.3% |
| #273 | Polk County, IA | 40.3% |
| #274 | Lincoln County, ME | 40.2% |
| #275 | Suffolk County, NY | 40.2% |
| #276 | Livingston County, MI | 40.2% |
About Bachelor's Degree or Higher
Polk County, Iowa has a bachelor's degree or higher of 40.3%, ranking #273 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 19.5% above the national value of 33.7%. Within Iowa, it ranks #5 of 99. This places it in the 92th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population aged 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.