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Peterson, IA

298 Population
0.5 square miles 574 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57 ±15.4 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 42.3 ±0.8
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$47,348 ±$13,592 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: $38,651 ±$2,407
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$73,333 ±$19,185 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: $65,428 ±$5,096
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

4.4% ±2.6% (13  ±8) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 11.4% † 1,844 (±2.1% / ±333)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

25.8 minutes ±7.5 (4,230  ±1,729) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 17.8 † 136,330 (±1.9 / ±16,068)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

158 ±37 Number of households
  • the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 7,282 ±206
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
1.9 ±0.6 (298  ±57) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 2.2 16,147 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

8.2% ±9.7% (4  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 3.4% † 110 (±1.6% / ±52)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

189 ±47 Number of housing units
  • the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 8,157 ±30
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$93,500 ±$14,256 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: $178,600 ±$10,755
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

9.2% ±5.9% (27  ±18.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 9.1% † 1,486 (±2% / ±330.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

96.1% ±6.6% (223  ±46.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 93.3% 10,688 (±5.3% / ±616.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
30.6% ±12.4% (71  ±31.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 27.6% † 3,155 (±3% / ±341.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

4% ±6.3% (12  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 2.5% 409
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

12.3% ±6.3% (31  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Spencer, IA Micro Area: 7.5% † 951 (±1.5% / ±183)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
31 Total veterans ±17 31 Male ±17 N/A Female ±10

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