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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

Jasper County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 36.19% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 60.07%
Democratic: 38.33%
Libertarian: 1.03%
Other: 0.42%
Green: 0.15%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 50153
Latitude : 41.570734
Longitude : -92.815690
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 874 ft.
Area Code(s) : 641

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.57
Male Population Estimate : 52.32%
Female Population Estimate : 47.68%
Median Age : 42.4
Male Median Age : 40.7
Female Median Age : 44.0

White Population Estimate : 99.86%
Black Population Estimate : 0.00%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 0.41%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.14%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.00%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.00%
Other Population Estimate : 0.00%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Lynnville specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Jasper County: Data Not Available
Average # of Violent Crimes for Jasper County: About 253 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Jasper County is about 12% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.