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Spirit Lake, IA

5,469 Population
4.5 square miles 1,209.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 48.1 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,566 ±$4,863 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $47,165 ±$2,521
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$73,627 ±$5,273 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $74,570 ±$3,265
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

7% ±3.5% (376  ±185) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 6.3% † 1,103 (±1.7% / ±290)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

13.5 minutes ±2.2 (34,535  ±6,712) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 17.1 140,200 (±1.4 / ±12,815)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

2,692 ±178 Number of households
  • the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 8,650 ±257
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2 ±0.1 (5,316  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 2 17,591 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

5% ±4.3% (58  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 5.2% † 165 (±2.4% / ±75)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

2,930 ±174 Number of housing units
  • the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 14,060 ±36
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$218,400 ±$19,519 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $251,600 ±$14,819
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

19.2% ±5.7% (1,034  ±306.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 11.1% † 1,970 (±2.1% / ±372)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

97.2% ±9.1% (3,728  ±399.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 97.3% 12,966 (±4.7% / ±635)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
32% ±5.3% (1,225  ±214.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 32.3% 4,305 (±2.5% / ±330)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

1.7% ±0.9% (94  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 1.8% 313
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6.7% ±2.7% (288  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 7.8% † 1,126 (±1.3% / ±182)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
288 Total veterans ±116 288 Male ±116 N/A Female ±15

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