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50501

28,633 Population
152.2 square miles 188.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 39.8 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,014 ±$2,135 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: $35,172 ±$1,670
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$66,130 ±$5,089 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: $68,054 ±$3,664
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

12.7% ±1.8% (3,296  ±464) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 11.7% † 3,994 (±1.5% / ±520)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

17.9 minutes ±1.6 (228,335  ±22,189) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 19.3 320,205 (±1.2 / ±23,082)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

12,139 ±277 Number of households
  • the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 15,641 ±265
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.1 ±0.1 (25,914  ±368) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 2.2 34,060 (±0 / ±123)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

6.4% ±2.3% (359  ±130) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 7.2% † 518 (±2.4% / ±170)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

13,198 ±213 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 17,053 ±82
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$139,700 ±$7,401 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: $138,500 ±$7,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

17.5% ±2.2% (4,968  ±619.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 15.4% † 5,613 (±1.7% / ±624.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

91.7% ±3.8% (17,596  ±814.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 92.3% 22,928 (±3.4% / ±850.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
20.5% ±2.1% (3,929  ±411.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 20.5% 5,094 (±1.7% / ±424)
  • about two-thirds 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

4% ±1% (1,157  ±277) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 3.3% 1,212
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

7.2% ±1.2% (1,635  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 7.1% † 2,063 (±0.9% / ±272)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
1,635 Total veterans ±261 1,454 Male ±250 181 Female ±111

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