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Shell Rock, IA

1,634 Population
1.6 square miles 1,020.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Butler County: 43.7 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,234 ±$5,710 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Butler County: $35,364 ±$1,422
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$70,556 ±$12,051 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Butler County: $69,651 ±$3,210
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

6% ±3.1% (95  ±50) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Butler County: 10.7% † 1,500 (±2% / ±274)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

24.2 minutes ±4.1 (18,150  ±4,263) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Butler County: 24.6 158,900 (±1 / ±8,254)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

606 ±67 Number of households
  • Butler County: 5,887 ±118
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.6 ±0.2 (1,589  ±203) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Butler County: 2.4 14,085 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

4.1% ±4% (15  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Butler County: 7.7% † 224 (±2.1% / ±60)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

666 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Butler County: 6,569 ±33
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$159,100 ±$6,625 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Butler County: $156,500 ±$6,085
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

6% ±2.9% (98  ±49.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Butler County: 9.2% † 1,298 (±1.6% / ±231.5)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

89.7% ±5.4% (942  ±116.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Butler County: 93.6% 9,471 (±3.6% / ±361.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
17.8% ±5.1% (187  ±57.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Butler County: 20.4% 2,069 (±1.8% / ±177.6)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.9% ±3.4% (48  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Butler County: 2.2% 307
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6.7% ±2.9% (78  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Butler County: 7.4% † 818 (±0.8% / ±90)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
78 Total veterans ±35 59 Male ±28 19 Female ±21

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