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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 21.53
The average living wage for the state of Iowa is $31.31/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is partially extended to farm workers. This gives Iowa a minimum wage score of 6.78 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $4.35/hr, which gives Iowa a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 48.44 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Iowa is $179.52, resulting in a UI benefit score of 26.72 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 26.19

X Iowa does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
X Iowa does not offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Iowa does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Iowa does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Iowa does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Iowa does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Iowa does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Iowa does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Iowa does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Iowa does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Iowa does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Iowa does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Iowa does partially extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Iowa does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 40

X Iowa does have a "right-to-work" law.
X Iowa does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Iowa does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Iowa does require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Iowa does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Iowa does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Warren County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 29.63% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 57.57%
Democratic: 40.51%
Libertarian: 1.39%
Other: 0.37%
Green: 0.16%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 50125
Latitude : 41.306467
Longitude : -93.581812
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 967 ft.
Area Code(s) : 515

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.50
Male Population Estimate : 45.24%
Female Population Estimate : 49.76%
Median Age : 37.4
Male Median Age : 35.8
Female Median Age : 38.6

White Population Estimate : 93.36%
Black Population Estimate : 0.89%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 1.32%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.85%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.10%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.67%
Other Population Estimate : 0.36%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Indianola specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Warren County: Data Not Available
Average # of Violent Crimes for Warren County: About 337 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Warren County is about 15% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.