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Atalissa
Iowacity
Atalissa
Total population
253
Median home value
$127,900
Bachelor's+
Median income
$67,188
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
- Freeze Warning · SevereFreeze Warning issued October 16 at 8:43PM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Source: NOAA National Weather Service.
City facts
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Overview
Atalissa is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. The population was 296 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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History
Atalissa was platted in 1859. It was named by its founder, William Lundy, for a mining town in California, which in turn was named for an Indian queen Atalissa. From 1974 to 2009 Atalissa was the home of a few dozen intellectually challenged men who worked in a nearby turkey processing plant. They lived together in an old schoolhouse and were taken each workday to the plant, and after expenses were taken out, were paid no more than $65/month. They were removed and relocated by state agencies in 2009, after being found to be living in unacceptable conditions. A 2013 verdict awarded the men a total of $240 million in damages, since reduced to $50,000/man. The men's plight had a profound effect on social services in Iowa, and their experiences and subsequent court case was the subject of the documentary film The Men of Atalissa.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.
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Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Atalissa, IA from NOAA NWS API.
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Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
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Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Wilton Elementary SchoolElementary · Wilton · 556 students · 16.8:1 ratio
- Wilton Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · Wilton · 427 students · 14.2:1 ratio
- West Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · West Liberty · 399 students · 14.8:1 ratio
- West Liberty High SchoolHigh · West Liberty · 364 students · 14.6:1 ratio
- West Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · West Liberty · 361 students · 13.9:1 ratio
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolElementary · Muscatine · 259 students · 15.2:1 ratio
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · West Liberty · 160 students · 14.5:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API