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Leroy township, Benton County, IA

1,139 Population
35.7 square miles 31.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±6.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Benton County: 43.1 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,438 ±$5,472 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Benton County: $41,865 ±$1,515
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$82,946 ±$27,607 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Benton County: $86,962 ±$3,238
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.3% ±4.7% (94  ±55) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Benton County: 7.4% † 1,859 (±1.1% / ±276)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.2 minutes ±8.4 (13,890  ±2,735) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Benton County: 24.9 287,210 (±1 / ±14,867)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

465 ±78 Number of households
  • Benton County: 10,202 ±191
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.6 (1,139  ±177) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Benton County: 2.5 25,385 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

25.5% ±8.5% (49  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Benton County: 6.2% † 320 (±1.2% / ±61)
  • 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

493 ±76 Number of housing units
  • Benton County: 11,114 ±31
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$212,800 ±$13,671 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Benton County: $208,200 ±$11,797
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.5% ±10.7% (182  ±121) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Benton County: 9.2% † 2,350 (±1.8% / ±468.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.6% ±21.2% (805  ±124.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Benton County: 95.2% 17,157 (±3.5% / ±640.2)
  • a little 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)
21.5% ±5.1% (179  ±50.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Benton County: 25.6% 4,604 (±1.9% / ±345.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.8% ±2.5% (32  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Benton County: 0.8% 216
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±2.5% (43  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Benton County: 8.7% † 1,728 (±1.1% / ±222)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
43 Total veterans ±24 40 Male ±23 3 Female ±4

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