Obrien County Has Decreased in Ownership Residential Property by 1.2%, Since the Year 2000

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Parent Category: Iowa

Category: Obrien County, IA

Recently reported by the 2010 Census, Obrien County, Iowa decreased in number of total housing units by 140, or 2%, since the 2000 Census-- the State of Iowa increased in total real estate dwellings by 103,906, or 8%.

Measured against the United States, Obrien County has a very low amount of unoccupied residential real estate. 580, or 8.7%, have been reported as vacant in Obrien County, Iowa. Within these 580 unoccupied properties, 14.7% are listed for sale, while 25.3% are trying to be rented.

Owner-occupied units from 2000 to 2010 in Obrien County have decreased by 1.2%. As reported in the 2010 Census, there were 4,594 (75.7%) owner-occupied housing units, while there were 1,475 (24.3%) residential properties were being rented. Obrien County has a smaller portion of rented units than the State of Iowa, which the Census reported had 27.9% of units rented.

The 2010 Census reports that Obrien County has a very low level of housing units that are minority-owned. 1.5% are owned by minorities in Obrien County; while US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Iowa 4.7% of residential housing units are owned by minorities.

Black is the group with the highest percent of rental in Obrien County. 78.6% the Black Census group occupies a rented housing unit.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Obrien County, Iowa, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 40 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Iowa

Category: Obrien County, IA

In Obrien County, Iowa, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 40 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Of the 59 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each year, 28 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 28 industries reported a drop in employment.

The cattle ranching and farming industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 69 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in cattle ranching and farming makes up 13.9% percent of the total growth in Obrien County, Iowa between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Cattle ranching and farming (+69)
2. General freight trucking (+54)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (+52)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (+45)
5. Oilseed and grain farming (+36)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the limitedservice eating places industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 59 jobs. The declines in limitedservice eating places make up 11.0% percent of the total job loss in Obrien County, Iowa between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Limitedservice eating places (-59)
2. Animal slaughtering and processing (-56)
3. Automobile dealers (-43)
4. Nursing care facilities (-43)
5. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (-40)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).