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Spirit Lake, IA

5,518 Population
4.5 square miles 1,220.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 48.7 ±1
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,446 ±$2,688 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $48,636 ±$2,400
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,720 ±$12,101 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $75,432 ±$5,466
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.3% ±2.8% (341  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 7.6% † 1,340 (±1.7% / ±300)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.4 minutes ±2.2 (36,810  ±6,818) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 16.7 138,405 (±1.2 / ±11,256)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,716 ±183 Number of households
  • the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 8,845 ±279
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (5,349  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 2 17,719 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±4.6% (92  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 6.2% † 193 (±2.3% / ±72)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,881 ±177 Number of housing units
  • the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 14,206 ±298
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$215,100 ±$23,260 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $270,700 ±$17,339
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.9% ±7.2% (1,024  ±390.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 10.6% † 1,893 (±2.4% / ±429.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±9% (3,528  ±388.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 96.9% 13,102 (±4.6% / ±617.8)
  • 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)
26.8% ±4.9% (1,001  ±190.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 31.2% 4,216 (±2.5% / ±339.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.6% ±1% (89  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 1.2% 219
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±2.9% (362  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 8% † 1,159 (±1.3% / ±194)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
362 Total veterans ±130 362 Male ±130 N/A Female ±15

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