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Buffalo township, Scott County, IA

5,120 Population
22.1 square miles 231.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Scott County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,643 ±$4,222 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Scott County: $43,847 ±$1,078
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,363 ±$21,220 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Scott County: $78,277 ±$1,709
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.7% ±2.5% (294  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Scott County: 11.5% 19,623 (±0.9% / ±1,532)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.3 minutes ±6.9 (67,430  ±21,759) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Scott County: 20.3 1,561,250 (±0.7 / ±62,142)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,109 ±269 Number of households
  • Scott County: 73,132 ±622
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.4 (5,112  ±565) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Scott County: 2.3 171,124 (±0 / ±76)
  • 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

4% ±3.3% (41  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Scott County: 4.8% † 1,921 (±0.8% / ±330)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,228 ±266 Number of housing units
  • Scott County: 78,537 ±109
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$260,500 ±$21,689 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Scott County: $222,000 ±$4,937
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±3.7% (484  ±196.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Scott County: 13.5% 23,357 (±1.2% / ±2,108.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96% ±15.9% (3,646  ±409.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Scott County: 94.1% 112,429 (±1.9% / ±2,206.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.2% ±3.1% (1,185  ±184.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Scott County: 36.6% 43,706 (±1.1% / ±1,337.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 90 percent 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

0.5% ±0.4% (24  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Scott County: 4.8% 8,384
  • about 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% ±5.7% (475  ±234) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Scott County: 7.5% 10,040 (±0.6% / ±755)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
475 Total veterans ±234 463 Male ±234 12 Female ±10

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