AmanaIA
A town of 755, settled in 1884.
Is Amana a good place to live?
Of the 138 Iowa towns we compare, none has a lower going rate for rent than Amana. Amana has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Amana stand out
Where Amana beats most towns.
755 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Amana: who provides what
Amana is unincorporated, so Iowa County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Amana.
Amana has 1.9 jobs for every working resident, and 352 people commute in
The top destinations are Iowa City (16%), Cedar Rapids (14%) and Homestead (10%). Commuting out is the norm in Amana: 4% of working residents work locally. Since 2013, Amana has lost 2,418 jobs, to 359 in 2023. For Amana, the typical journey to work is 13 minutes.
| Amana | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 13 minutes | 19 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 31% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.1% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Amana brings four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 12° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: low risk in Amana, mostly inland flooding
Households in Amana have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2008. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 38% come from inland flooding and 19% from tornadoes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical home in Amana: about $269K
Among households in Amana, 88% are owner-occupiers, above both the Iowa town median (70%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). Home values are up 4% over the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Amana stands out in Iowa and nationally, with more of its adults who had a checkup this year
Among adults in Amana, 28% sleep under 7 hours, below both Iowa’s towns (32%) and U.S. towns (36%). In Amana, 5.3% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. CDC measures, 32 in all: Amana beats Iowa on 10 and trails on 1. 14% of adults in Amana report frequent mental distress; 41% have obesity.
| Amana | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Amana | IA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.4% | 11.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.1% | 12% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Kinnick Stadium and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Amana. Close and well known come first.
20 mi Stadium & arenaKinnick Stadium
29 mi MuseumHerbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
19 mi Stadium & arenaCarver–Hawkeye Arena
28 mi National Historic SiteHerbert Hoover National Historic Site107K visitors a year
16 mi MuseumNational Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
16 mi MuseumMuseum of Art Cedar RapidsPhoto credits
Kinnick Stadium: Count_de_Des_Moines (talk) (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum: Shadow2700, Public domain · Carver–Hawkeye Arena: Asolsma1988, CC0 · Herbert Hoover National Historic Site: Billwhittaker, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library: ArtisticAbode, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Art Cedar Rapids: ericjames, CC BY 3.0
Everything we know about Amana
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Amana
About 9 of every 100 Amana residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Iowa.
Every workday, about 352 people come to Amana for work
Where Amana’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Amana
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Amana, IA a good place to live?
Amana has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.