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Colo city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Colo city is a Census city of 686 people across 1.06 square miles of land, in Story County. Median household income is $64,000, 83.3 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Colo
What Colo is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.06 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land644
- County holding the largest share of its areaStory 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.
Colo
How many people live in Colo
- Population686
- Median age42.2
- Population under 18124 plus or minus 35
- Share under 1818.1 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Population 65 and over145 plus or minus 35
- Share 65 and over21.1 percent
- Households324
- Family households187
- Share of households that are families57.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Colo
Income and work in Colo
- Median household income$64,000 plus or minus $26,237
- Per capita income$40,526
- Civilian labor force378
- Employed357
- Unemployed21 plus or minus 11
- Unemployment rate5.6 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over527
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.6 percent plus or minus 19.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.0 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.2 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Colo
Housing in Colo
- Housing units374
- Occupied units324
- Vacant units50 plus or minus 35
- Vacancy rate13.4 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Owner occupied270
- Renter occupied54 plus or minus 19
- Ownership rate83.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$152,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$950 plus or minus $242
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.8 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Single family units351
- Share single family93.9 percent plus or minus 20.9
- Units in buildings of two or more15 plus or minus 16
- Share in buildings of two or more4.0 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Mobile homes8 plus or minus 7
- Median year structure built1959
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Colo
How Colo gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute303
- Commuting under 15 minutes46 plus or minus 20
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.2 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more126 plus or minus 32
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.6 percent
- Drove alone81.9 percent
- Carpooled5.6 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Public transport2.4 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home10.1 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Story County, not Colo
Story County context, not Colo figures
These are Story County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Colo measurements.
- Establishments in Story County2,162
- Employment at those establishments, Story County33,500
- Covered employment, Story County47,549
- Average annual pay, Story County$62,615
- Average weekly wage, Story County$1,204
- Housing units permitted, Story County198
- Of those, single family, Story County152
- County product, 2024, Story County$7,790,105,000
- County product change over the prior year, Story County6.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Story County$55,800
Every figure in this section is published for Story County as a whole and is not a measurement of Colo. 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
Colo questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Colo, Iowa?
686, in 324 households. Colo city covers 1.06 square miles of land, which is 644 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Colo in?
Story 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 Colo?
$64,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $152,000. Median gross rent is $950 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 Colo figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Story 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 Colo.
Is zoning published for Colo?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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