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Clay township, Clay County, IA

740 Population
36.4 square miles 20.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±7.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Clay County: 42.3 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,327 ±$9,291 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $38,651 ±$2,407
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,813 ±$16,223 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Clay County: $65,428 ±$5,096
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.5% ±8.7% (70  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Clay County: 11.4% † 1,844 (±2.1% / ±333)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±5 (8,350  ±2,999) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Clay County: 17.8 † 136,330 (±1.9 / ±16,068)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

285 ±68 Number of households
  • Clay County: 7,282 ±206
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.9 (740  ±169) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Clay County: 2.2 16,147 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.3% ±5% (9  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 3.4% † 110 (±1.6% / ±52)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

331 ±70 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 8,157 ±30
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$112,500 ±$20,578 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Clay County: $178,600 ±$10,755
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

26% ±14.2% (190  ±112.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Clay County: 9.1% † 1,486 (±2% / ±330.2)
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±27.1% (423  ±83) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 93.3% 10,688 (±5.3% / ±616.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.9% ±8.7% (80  ±42.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Clay County: 27.6% † 3,155 (±3% / ±341.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about half 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

0.1% ±0.3% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Clay County: 2.5% 409
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±6.4% (40  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Clay County: 7.5% † 951 (±1.5% / ±183)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
40 Total veterans ±36 40 Male ±36 N/A Female ±10

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