The population of Mahaska county is estimated at 22,206. In 2017 there were 272 births and 231 deaths in Mahaska county. Mahaska county has 3,865 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,519 that are owned free and clear and 2,591 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Mahaska County filed 9,560 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all Iowa filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Mahaska had a combined total federal tax liability of $72,838,000 on earned income of $535,192,000. Other notable statistics from Mahaska County were 690 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,322,000 and 1,880 charitable contributions valued at $17,669,000. 2,000 filings from Mahaska County paid a combined total of $5,433,000 in property taxes and 1,480 filings paid $7,216,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Mahaska county had 49 religious congregations with an estimated 9,931 members.
23.8% of the Mahaska population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 47% of Mahaska County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 283 votes.
At $55,947 the median income is 95.3% of the Iowa average. An estimated 376 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Mahaska, the equivalant of around 3.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Mahaska County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,211	Manufacturing
1,210	Retail trade
1,056	Health care and social assistance
605	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
462	Food services and drinking places
411	Restaurants and other eating places
281	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
274	Food manufacturing
271	Food and beverage stores
242	Ambulatory health care services
219	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
215	Limited-service restaurants
170	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
169	Nursing and residential care facilities
147	Gasoline stations

In 2018 the average price reduction was 5.61% in Mahaska County.

In 2018 5.61% of listings in Mahaska County.

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