Waucoma, Iowa

Waucoma is a city in Fayette County, Iowa, United States. The population was 257 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Waucoma is located at 43°3′25″N 92°1′57″W / 43.05694°N 92.03250°W / 43.05694; -92.03250 (43.056929, -92.032580) on the Little Turkey River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.43 square miles (1.11 km²), all of it land.

Waucoma Twilight: Generations of the Farm, by Dona Schwartz, is a 1992 publication of the Smithsonian Institution Press, which studies the rise and decline of Waucoma

Demographics

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 257 people, 122 households, and 75 families residing in the city. The population density was 597.7 inhabitants per square mile (230.8/km²). There were 134 housing units at an average density of 311.6 per square mile (120.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.1% White, 0.4% Asian, and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.4% of the population.

There were 122 households of which 24.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.5% were non-families. 33.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.67.