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Amherst township, Cherokee County, IA

869 Population
36.4 square miles 23.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.7 ±17.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 44 ±0.7
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,556 ±$14,754 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Cherokee County: $41,258 ±$3,019
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,250 ±$35,108 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Cherokee County: $71,269 ±$4,228
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.1% ±2.5% (34  ±22) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Cherokee County: 12.1% † 1,368 (±3.5% / ±398)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.9 minutes ±2.1 (7,890  ±2,731) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 16.7 90,065 (±1.2 / ±7,979)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

380 ±77 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 5,045 ±161
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (838  ±173) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 2.2 11,206 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.9% ±11.8% (12  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 8.1% † 177 (±2.9% / ±64)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

416 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 5,557 ±34
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$249,500 ±$36,247 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Cherokee County: $158,700 ±$15,220
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.9% ±7.1% (111  ±65) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 12.7% † 1,462 (±3.8% / ±434.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.3% ±23.1% (590  ±107.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 93.2% 7,753 (±5.3% / ±446.1)
  • 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)
26.9% ±4.8% (184  ±49) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 23.4% † 1,949 (±2.7% / ±221.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-quarters 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

18.6% ±11.7% (137  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Cherokee County: 8.1% † 728 (±1.8% / ±159)
  • 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)
137 Total veterans ±91 137 Male ±91 N/A Female ±10

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