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Westfield township, Plymouth County, IA

490 Population
42.9 square miles 11.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±12.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 41.3 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,303 ±$8,637 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $41,532 ±$1,940
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$103,750 ±$64,957 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $83,251 ±$4,100
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2% ±2% (10  ±11) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Plymouth County: 6.9% † 1,751 (±1.5% / ±382)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.4 minutes ±6 (6,430  ±3,212) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Plymouth County: 19.2 232,980 (±1.1 / ±15,940)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

202 ±74 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 10,313 ±187
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.8 (490  ±235) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 2.5 25,374 (±0 / ±9)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

214 ±76 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 10,891 ±43
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$220,100 ±$11,825 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Plymouth County: $228,900 ±$9,640
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.8% ±4.2% (9  ±21.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Plymouth County: 9.3% † 2,391 (±1.9% / ±495.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±52.4% (304  ±115.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Plymouth County: 94.8% 16,590 (±3.9% / ±684.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.3% ±8.7% (38  ±33.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 21.7% 3,796 (±1.9% / ±326.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% ±0.8% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 3.7% 959
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.8% ±12.9% (48  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Plymouth County: 6.9% † 1,334 (±0.9% / ±177)
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
48 Total veterans ±52 48 Male ±52 N/A Female ±10

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