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Curlew, IA

54 Population
0.8 square miles 72 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±11.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Palo Alto County: 41.9 ±0.8
  • about 25 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

$31,531 ±$6,752 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Palo Alto County: $37,828 ±$2,588
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,688 ±$11,107 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Palo Alto County: $72,781 † ±$7,482
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13% ±13.3% (7  ±8) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Palo Alto County: 11.6% † 989 (±2.7% / ±230)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24 minutes ±20.6 (575  ±330) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Palo Alto County: 17.2 † 74,950 (±1.7 / ±8,532)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

29 ±17 Number of households
  • Palo Alto County: 3,782 ±136
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±1.4 (54  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Palo Alto County: 2.3 8,536 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

45 ±21 Number of housing units
  • Palo Alto County: 4,535 ±40
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$58,000 ±$27,759 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Palo Alto County: $123,200 ±$12,218
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

90.9% ±67.2% (40  ±35.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Palo Alto County: 93.3% 5,646 (±5.5% / ±341)
  • 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)
2.3% ±60.3% (1  ±26.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Palo Alto County: 19% † 1,150 (±2.3% / ±137.1)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • less than 10 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.6% ±6.4% (2  ±3) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Palo Alto County: 7.4% † 507 (±1.6% / ±107)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2 Total veterans ±3 2 Male ±3 N/A Female ±10

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