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Elk township, Buena Vista County, IA

124 Population
36.2 square miles 3.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±13.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Buena Vista County: 35.6 ±0.4
  • 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

$38,481 ±$14,704 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Buena Vista County: $34,666 ±$2,000
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,357 ±$46,938 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Buena Vista County: $71,719 † ±$7,936
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.5% ±7.3% (8  ±10) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Buena Vista County: 7.8% † 1,542 (±2% / ±396)
  • 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)

25.2 minutes ±1.1 (2,315  ±1,213) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in Buena Vista County: 14 134,285 (±0.9 / ±9,668)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

58 ±25 Number of households
  • Buena Vista County: 7,546 ±181
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.6 (124  ±65) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Buena Vista County: 2.6 19,805 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • 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

64 ±27 Number of housing units
  • Buena Vista County: 8,293 ±31
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$169,600 ±$21,874 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Buena Vista County: $159,500 ±$10,332
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4% ±15.2% (5  ±19.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Buena Vista County: 9.2% † 1,877 (±1.8% / ±360.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79% ±22.8% (79  ±44.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Buena Vista County: 81.3% 10,616 (±4.4% / ±588.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
42% ±26.9% (42  ±33.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Buena Vista County: 22.2% † 2,901 (±2.3% / ±303.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±10 N/A Male ±10 N/A Female ±10

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