The population of Wapello county is estimated at 35,270. In 2017 there were 440 births and 365 deaths in Wapello county. Wapello county has 6,129 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,465 that are owned free and clear and 3,958 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Wapello County filed 15,370 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.1% of all Iowa filings and 0.010% of the entire nation. Wapello had a combined total federal tax liability of $104,431,000 on earned income of $733,618,000. Other notable statistics from Wapello County were 1,360 unemployment claims which collected a total of $6,848,000 and 2,120 charitable contributions valued at $8,380,000. 2,470 filings from Wapello County paid a combined total of $7,273,000 in property taxes and 1,900 filings paid $8,757,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Wapello county had 77 religious congregations with an estimated 14,142 members.
18.4% of the Wapello population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 43% of Wapello County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 634 votes.
At $46,981 the median income is 80.0% of the Iowa average. An estimated 804 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Wapello, the equivalant of around 4.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Wapello County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,264	Manufacturing
2,615	Health care and social assistance
2,290	Retail trade
1,198	Accommodation and food services
994	Restaurants and other eating places
678	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
650	Ambulatory health care services
618	Administrative and support services
584	Limited-service restaurants
570	General merchandise stores
531	Social assistance
499	Transportation and warehousing
430	Nursing and residential care facilities
394	Individual and family services
383	Other individual and family services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.26% in Wapello County.

In 2018 9.69% of listings in Wapello County.

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