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Wahpeton, IA

443 Population
1.2 square miles 369.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.5 ±10.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 48.7 ±1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$69,684 ±$11,261 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $48,636 ±$2,400
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$107,917 ±$48,548 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $75,432 ±$5,466
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.8% ±4.7% (25  ±21) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 7.6% † 1,340 (±1.7% / ±300)
  • about half 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)

16.2 minutes ±2 (2,525  ±966) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 16.7 138,405 (±1.2 / ±11,256)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

222 ±46 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 (443  ±95) 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

20.5% ±21.1% (9  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 6.2% † 193 (±2.3% / ±72)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

750 ±96 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

$495,500 ±$75,883 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $270,700 ±$17,339
  • more than double the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.2% ±14% (98  ±65.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 10.6% † 1,893 (±2.4% / ±429.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

100% ±27.8% (351  ±66.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 96.9% 13,102 (±4.6% / ±617.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
59.5% ±7.8% (209  ±50.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 31.2% 4,216 (±2.5% / ±339.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

2.3% ±2% (10  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 1.2% 219
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±7.9% (31  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 8% † 1,159 (±1.3% / ±194)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
31 Total veterans ±29 31 Male ±29 N/A Female ±10

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