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Peterson, IA

373 Population
0.5 square miles 718.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±18.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 41.8 ±0.9
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,309 ±$10,953 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: $37,963 ±$2,089
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$76,875 ±$17,733 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: $64,082 ±$6,067
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

2.7% ±2.9% (10  ±11) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 11.5% † 1,848 (±2.3% / ±374)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

30 minutes ±5.4 (5,840  ±1,901) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 19.1 † 145,600 (±2.1 / ±17,336)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

158 ±39 Number of households
  • the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 7,249 ±224
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.8 (373  ±84) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 2.2 16,125 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

5.1% ±6.4% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 3.8% † 124 (±1.5% / ±50)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

202 ±54 Number of housing units
  • the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 8,141 ±36
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$86,700 ±$13,082 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: $171,500 ±$12,468
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

8.9% ±4.7% (33  ±18.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 12.6% † 2,053 (±3% / ±484.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

94.9% ±29.2% (241  ±49.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 94.9% 10,806 (±5.3% / ±615.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
22.4% ±10.7% (57  ±30.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 26% † 2,965 (±3% / ±345.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

4.3% ±5.8% (16  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 1% 169
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

12.2% ±5.2% (34  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 8.2% † 1,041 (±1.4% / ±175)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
34 Total veterans ±16 34 Male ±16 N/A Female ±10

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