Kalona, IA

Kalona is located at 245km southeast of Des0 Moines. It is the home to a community of old-order Amish who live and work as their ancestors did in the mid 1800s. For a look at their way of life, tour the Kalona Historical Village, which contains a large number of historic buildings and museums. These include a train depot, a country store, the Iowa Mennonite Museum, a church, a quilting museum and a one-room schoolhouse.

Population (year 2000): 2,293. Estimated population in July 2005: 2,486 (+8.4% change)
Males: 1,024 (44.7%), Females: 1,269 (55.3%)

Washington County

Zip code: 52247

Median resident age: 41.3 years
Median household income: $33,750 (year 2000)
Median house value: $99,400 (year 2000)

Races in Kalona:

Ancestries: German (42.9%), Irish (10.1%), United States (9.6%), English (5.8%), Czech (4.9%), Swiss (4.4%).

Elevation: 662 feet

Land area: 2.0 square miles

For population 25 years and over in Kalona

• High school or higher: 72.8%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%
• Graduate or professional degree: 5.4%
• Unemployed: 1.3%
• Mean travel time to work: 21.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Kalona city

• Never married: 20.1%
• Now married: 66.7%
• Separated: 0.2%
• Widowed: 7.8%
• Divorced: 5.1%

2.4% Foreign born (1.9% Europe, 0.4% Latin America).

Population change in the 1990s: +331 (+16.9%).