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Mystic city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Mystic city is a Census city of 216 people across 2.94 square miles of land, in Appanoose County. Median household income is $41,000, 78.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Mystic
What Mystic is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.94 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land73 plus or minus 22
- County holding the largest share of its areaAppanoose County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mystic
How many people live in Mystic
- Population216 plus or minus 64
- Median age50.6 plus or minus 16.1
- Population under 1835 plus or minus 20
- Share under 1816.2 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Population 65 and over37 plus or minus 18
- Share 65 and over17.1 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Households118 plus or minus 29
- Family households53 plus or minus 22
- Share of households that are families44.9 percent plus or minus 15.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mystic
Income and work in Mystic
- Median household income$41,000
- Per capita income$24,981 plus or minus $5,199
- Civilian labor force119 plus or minus 36
- Employed108 plus or minus 34
- Unemployed11 plus or minus 13
- Unemployment rate9.2 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Adults 25 and over168 plus or minus 44
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher1.2 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mystic
Housing in Mystic
- Housing units153 plus or minus 38
- Occupied units118 plus or minus 29
- Vacant units35 plus or minus 22
- Vacancy rate22.9 percent plus or minus 13.2
- Owner occupied93 plus or minus 23
- Renter occupied25 plus or minus 19
- Ownership rate78.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$57,500 plus or minus $16,206
- Median gross rent, monthly$469 plus or minus $184
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.7 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Single family units132 plus or minus 35
- Share single family86.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more10 plus or minus 13
- Share in buildings of two or more6.5 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Mobile homes11 plus or minus 10
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mystic
How Mystic gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute102 plus or minus 33
- Commuting under 15 minutes43 plus or minus 21
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.2 percent plus or minus 15.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more15 plus or minus 16
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more14.7 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Drove alone80.0 percent
- Carpooled13.3 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.8 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Worked from home2.9 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Appanoose County, not Mystic
Appanoose County context, not Mystic figures
These are Appanoose County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Mystic measurements.
- Establishments in Appanoose County302
- Employment at those establishments, Appanoose County3,731
- Covered employment, Appanoose County4,614
- Average annual pay, Appanoose County$46,114
- Average weekly wage, Appanoose County$887
- Housing units permitted, Appanoose County7
- Of those, single family, Appanoose County7
- County product, 2024, Appanoose County$518,495,000
- County product change over the prior year, Appanoose County1.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Appanoose County$61,762
Every figure in this section is published for Appanoose County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mystic. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Mystic questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mystic, Iowa?
216, in 118 households. Mystic city covers 2.94 square miles of land, which is 73 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mystic in?
Appanoose County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Mystic?
$41,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $57,500. Median gross rent is $469 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Mystic figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Appanoose County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Mystic.
Is zoning published for Mystic?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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