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Population (year 2000): 518. Estimated
population in July 2005: 525 (+1.4% change)
Males: 271 (52.3%), Females: 247 (47.7%)
Mahaska County
Zip code:
52534
Median resident age: 35.2 years
Median household income: $32,000 (year 2000)
Median house value: $52,900 (year 2000)
Races in Beacon:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.1%)
- American Indian (2.7%)
- Two or more races (2.5%)
Ancestries: United States (15.6%), Dutch
(11.2%), German (8.9%), English (7.9%), Irish (5.8%),
Scotch-Irish (3.5%).
Elevation: 750 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Beacon
- High school or higher: 76.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 2.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
- Unemployed: 4.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Beacon city
- Never married: 16.2%
- Now married: 63.7%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 6.7%
- Divorced: 12.1%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +25 (+5.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Beacon:
- MAHASKA COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 2 miles; OSKALOOSA,
IA)
- PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (about 19 miles; PELLA,
IA)
- MONROE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; ALBIA, IA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Beacon:
- OTTUMWA INDUSTRIAL (about 21 miles; OTTUMWA, IA; ID:
OTM)
- DES MOINES INTL (about 70 miles; DES MOINES, IA; ID:
DSM)
- THE EASTERN IOWA (about 80 miles; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA;
ID: CID)
Other public-use airports nearest to Beacon:
- OSKALOOSA MUNI (about 15 miles; OSKALOOSA, IA; ID:
OOA)
- PELLA MUNI (about 20 miles; PELLA, IA; ID: PEA)
- SIG FIELD (about 21 miles; MONTEZUMA, IA; ID: 7C5)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Beacon:
- INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 26 miles;
OTTUMWA, IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,744)
- DES MOINES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 71 miles;
ANKENY, IA; FT enrollment: 6,959)
- DRAKE UNIVERSITY (about 73 miles; DES MOINES, IA; FT
enrollment: 4,227)
- IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 76 miles; AMES, IA; FT
enrollment: 24,473)
- TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 76 miles; KIRKSVILLE,
MO; FT enrollment: 5,922)
- UNIVERSITY OF IOWA (about 84 miles; IOWA CITY, IA;
FT enrollment: 24,766)
- HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 86 miles; WATERLOO,
IA; FT enrollment: 3,292)
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