Fast Facts
21,984
County Population
$ 60,617 Median Household Income
6,710 Total Housing Units
21 % Have Bachelor ’ s Degree or higher
Population by Town Oskaloosa ..... 11,558 New Sharon .. 1,262 Eddyville .......... 970 Fremont ........... 708 University Park . 487
Ancestry
Beacon .............. 445 Leighton ........... 158 Rose Hill .......... 157 Barnes City ....... 156 Keomah Village . 110
German ............................................. 23.7 % English .............................................. 13.8 % Irish ................................................... 13.3 % Norwegian .......................................... 2.3 % Scottish ............................................... 1.8 % French ................................................. 1.6 % Italian .................................................. 1.3 % Polish ................................................. 0.8 %
Driving Distances from Oskaloosa , IA
City Miles Time Des Moines ........................ 61 miles ........................... 1 hr 4 min Iowa City ............................ 75 miles ......................... 1 hr 29 min Cedar Rapids ................... 98.4 miles ....................... 1 hr 41 min Davenport ......................... 124 miles ........................ 2 hr 19 min Omaha , Neb ...................... 194 miles ......................... 3 hr 6 min Kansas City ....................... 220 miles ....................... 3 hr 34 min Sioux City .......................... 258 miles ....................... 3 hr 59 min St . Louis ............................ 280 miles ....................... 4 hr 28 min Minneapolis ...................... 300 miles ....................... 4 hr 32 min Chicago ............................. 304 miles ....................... 4 hr 45 min Indianapolis ...................... 416 miles ....................... 6 hr 26 min
Major Employers Mahaska Health
Clow Valve Co . Musco Lighting William Penn University Oskaloosa Community School District
25 % Manufacturing
15.4 %
Healthcare
Top industries
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Mahaska County
10.9 % Retail
9.7 %
Education
Data retreived from various U . S . Census Bureau statistics .
ZIP Codes
Barnes City : 50027 Leighton : 50143 Taintor : 50207 New Sharon : 50207 Beacon : 52534
11,750 Total Workforce
6 % Work from home
Cedar : 52543 Fremont : 52561 Oskaloosa : 52577 Rose Hill : 52586 University Park : 52595
Phone Prefixes in and around Mahaska County ( Area code is 641 ):
Oskaloosa : 295 , 504 , 569 ,
Rose Hill : 632 638 , 660 , 670 , 672 , 673 , 676 Barnes City : 644
New Sharon : 637 Leighton : 232 , 625 , 626 , 949 your hom�ow� the�r�
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216 West 2nd Ave , Oskaloosa , IA - ( 641 ) 673-4333
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