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Shell Rock, IA

1,625 Population
1.6 square miles 1,014.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Butler County: 43.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,483 ±$4,877 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Butler County: $37,766 ±$1,670
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,657 ±$8,035 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Butler County: $73,715 ±$2,576
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5% ±2.9% (79  ±47) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Butler County: 9.2% † 1,295 (±1.7% / ±232)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.5 minutes ±3.5 (18,925  ±4,371) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Butler County: 24.7 160,380 (±0.9 / ±7,972)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

601 ±75 Number of households
  • Butler County: 5,863 ±132
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (1,578  ±214) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Butler County: 2.4 14,061 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±4% (20  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Butler County: 9.4% † 271 (±2.6% / ±76)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

671 ±83 Number of housing units
  • Butler County: 6,570 ±33
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,100 ±$7,097 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Butler County: $165,400 ±$5,861
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.2% ±2.4% (67  ±40.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Butler County: 7.1% † 1,006 (±1.4% / ±192.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±3.8% (955  ±121.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Butler County: 93.9% 9,507 (±3.7% / ±380.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.3% ±5.3% (210  ±60.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Butler County: 21.4% 2,167 (±2% / ±198.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

3% ±3% (49  ±49) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Butler County: 2.3% 323
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±2.1% (73  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Butler County: 6.9% † 767 (±0.8% / ±89)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
73 Total veterans ±26 53 Male ±28 20 Female ±21

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