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Anita, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Anita is a Census city of 957 people across 1.78 square miles of land, in Cass County. Median household income is $66,307, 82.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Anita
What Anita is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.78 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land539 plus or minus 112
- County holding the largest share of its areaCass 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.
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How many people live in Anita
- Population957 plus or minus 198
- Median age45.4
- Population under 18259 plus or minus 67
- Share under 1827.1 percent
- Population 65 and over229 plus or minus 52
- Share 65 and over23.9 percent
- Households409
- Family households240 plus or minus 50
- Share of households that are families58.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Anita
- Median household income$66,307
- Per capita income$37,018
- Civilian labor force517 plus or minus 121
- Employed509 plus or minus 120
- Unemployed8 plus or minus 12
- Unemployment rate1.5 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Adults 25 and over653
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.0 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.1 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Anita
- Housing units449
- Occupied units409
- Vacant units40 plus or minus 34
- Vacancy rate8.9 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Owner occupied337
- Renter occupied72 plus or minus 39
- Ownership rate82.4 percent plus or minus 20.8
- Median owner-occupied home value$134,400 plus or minus $28,797
- Median gross rent, monthly$579 plus or minus $134
- Annual rent as a share of median income10.5 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Single family units407 plus or minus 82
- Share single family90.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more30 plus or minus 25
- Share in buildings of two or more6.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Mobile homes12 plus or minus 12
- Median year structure built1941
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Anita gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute450 plus or minus 117
- Commuting under 15 minutes184 plus or minus 56
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more118 plus or minus 47
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.2 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Drove alone80.0 percent
- Carpooled6.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.6 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Worked from home9.3 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Flood risk in Anita
- NFIP communityCity of Anita
- NFIP community number190048
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date05/16/17(M)
The City of Anita participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 190048 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Cass County, not Anita
Cass County context, not Anita figures
- Establishments in Cass County444
- Covered employment, Cass County5,866
- Average annual pay, Cass County$49,005
- Housing units permitted, Cass County10
Every figure in this section is published for Cass County as a whole and is not a measurement of Anita.
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.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Anita questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Anita, Iowa?
957, in 409 households. Anita city covers 1.78 square miles of land, which is 539 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Anita in?
Cass 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 Anita?
$66,307. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $134,400. Median gross rent is $579 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Anita in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Anita appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Anita, city of, community 190048, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Anita figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cass 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 Anita.
Is zoning published for Anita?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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