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Delaware township, Delaware County, IA

6,740 Population
36.4 square miles 185.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±3.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware County: 43.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,791 ±$4,044 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware County: $41,445 ±$3,743
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,467 ±$10,621 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware County: $74,989 ±$6,892
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.2% ±3.4% (610  ±227) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 7.8% † 1,349 (±1.5% / ±268)
  • 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)

15.5 minutes ±3.3 (51,830  ±12,246) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Delaware County: 20.3 173,930 (±1.6 / ±15,685)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,014 ±224 Number of households
  • Delaware County: 7,369 ±218
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (6,621  ±428) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware County: 2.4 17,327 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±4.1% (63  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware County: 5.9% † 200 (±2.3% / ±80)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,239 ±215 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 8,169 ±29
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$158,700 ±$19,501 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware County: $177,900 ±$16,526
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±3.9% (551  ±263.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 6.6% † 1,157 (±1.7% / ±302.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.5% ±8.1% (4,273  ±462.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware County: 93.7% 11,466 (±4.9% / ±595.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.8% ±5.2% (1,204  ±256) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 22.6% † 2,760 (±2.5% / ±309.7)
  • about 80 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

0.8% ±0.6% (53  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Delaware County: 0.3% 57
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±2.8% (329  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware County: 6.3% † 853 (±1.3% / ±179)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
329 Total veterans ±147 291 Male ±131 38 Female ±54

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