Poverty Rate in Wapello County, IA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
15.8%
Rank #2,094/3,222 · #94 in IA
35th
Wapello 15.8%
IA 11.1% +43.0%
US 12.6% +25.7%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Wapello County's poverty rate of 15.8% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Wapello County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,091 | Gonzales County, TX | 15.8% |
| #2,092 | Atascosa County, TX | 15.8% |
| #2,093 | Osceola County, MI | 15.8% |
| #2,094 | Wapello County, IA | 15.8% |
| #2,095 | Grant County, WA | 15.8% |
| #2,096 | Randolph County, IN | 15.8% |
| #2,097 | Sullivan County, NY | 15.9% |
About Poverty Rate
Wapello County, Iowa has a poverty rate of 15.8%, ranking #2,094 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 25.7% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Iowa, it ranks #94 of 99. This places it in the 35th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. 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.