IA area data
Montpelier, IA
Montpelier, IA.
Population: 167 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 379.0 (+3.7% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Low)
- 87.8 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 13.7¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $10.60/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- strongWind, drought, hail, iceStorm, lightning
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 51.0°F
- Average high
- 61.0°F
- Average low
- 42.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 39.8 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 38
- Days with Good air quality
- 269
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (32 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Village Oaks Airport (2 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Quad City International Airport (MLI) (16 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 12
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.4 / 5
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.0 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,938
- Median annual property tax
- $4,136
- Households with broadband internet
- 57.9%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 19,246
- Average weekly wage
- $1,182
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Administrative Services, Accommodation & Food
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 30
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