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Garner township, Pottawattamie County, IA

7,850 Population
28.4 square miles 276.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pottawattamie County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,961 ±$3,929 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pottawattamie County: $36,853 ±$1,014
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$87,206 ±$21,333 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pottawattamie County: $71,446 ±$1,743
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

4.9% ±2.5% (334  ±174) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Pottawattamie County: 10.9% † 9,885 (±1.2% / ±1,091)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

20.3 minutes ±1.4 (66,465  ±9,152) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Pottawattamie County: 20.2 827,130 (±0.8 / ±34,900)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

3,016 ±263 Number of households
  • Pottawattamie County: 37,531 ±378
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0.2 (6,806  ±759) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pottawattamie County: 2.4 90,752 (±0 / ±70)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

2.2% ±2.6% (35  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Pottawattamie County: 4.6% † 945 (±1% / ±195)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

3,148 ±250 Number of housing units
  • Pottawattamie County: 40,022 ±65
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$314,500 ±$23,582 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pottawattamie County: $183,600 ±$5,035
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

15.4% ±2.9% (1,202  ±252.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pottawattamie County: 10.6% 9,764 (±1% / ±952.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

96.6% ±0.7% (4,787  ±445.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pottawattamie County: 91% 58,087 (±2.3% / ±1,442.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
39.9% ±4.3% (1,976  ±281) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pottawattamie County: 23.5% 15,019 (±1.2% / ±750.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

2% ±1% (156  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Pottawattamie County: 3.8% 3,590
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

8.4% ±1.6% (529  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Pottawattamie County: 8.6% 6,174 (±0.6% / ±434)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
529 Total veterans ±111 518 Male ±109 11 Female ±17

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