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Independence township, Appanoose County, IA

287 Population
28.1 square miles 10.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.9 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Appanoose County: 43.5 ±1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,100 ±$5,580 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Appanoose County: $31,168 ±$2,355
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,313 ±$14,121 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Appanoose County: $54,934 ±$3,506
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.8% ±3.7% (8  ±11) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Appanoose County: 17.5% † 2,102 (±4.5% / ±543)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.1 minutes ±16.3 (3,090  ±2,613) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Appanoose County: 20.6 98,370 (±1.3 / ±9,269)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

141 ±50 Number of households
  • Appanoose County: 5,199 ±197
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.3 (287  ±108) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Appanoose County: 2.3 11,966 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 90 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

269 ±75 Number of housing units
  • Appanoose County: 6,312 ±31
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$162,500 ±$8,964 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Appanoose County: $124,200 † ±$17,036
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

85.5% ±41% (224  ±71.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Appanoose County: 89.8% 7,724 (±5.3% / ±473.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.9% ±13.7% (26  ±37) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Appanoose County: 20.5% † 1,764 (±2.7% / ±232.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about one-quarter 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

N/A Foreign-born population

19.5% ±8.6% (51  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Appanoose County: 9.9% † 948 (±2% / ±192)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
51 Total veterans ±29 46 Male ±30 5 Female ±8

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