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Center township, Fayette County, IA

257 Population
36.7 square miles 7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.6 ±20.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Fayette County: 43.9 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,935 ±$6,031 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fayette County: $35,469 ±$1,914
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,000 ±$21,616 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fayette County: $60,165 ±$4,060
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.8% ±6.5% (19  ±17) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fayette County: 12% † 2,225 (±2% / ±368)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.1 minutes ±6.8 (2,920  ±1,351) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Fayette County: 22.5 190,005 (±1.2 / ±12,665)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

114 ±38 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 8,342 ±182
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (257  ±88) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Fayette County: 2.2 18,553 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • 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

14.3% ±13.4% (7  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Fayette County: 7.6% † 276 (±2.7% / ±100)
  • 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

119 ±38 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 9,320 ±35
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$147,300 ±$57,478 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Fayette County: $136,800 ±$11,976
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

0.8% ±7% (2  ±17.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Fayette County: 10.5% † 2,004 (±1.8% / ±336.8)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.4% ±43.8% (184  ±55.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Fayette County: 93.1% 12,554 (±3.7% / ±506.1)
  • 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)
18.2% ±13.8% (34  ±28) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fayette County: 20.7% 2,790 (±1.8% / ±246.4)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.2% ±4.5% (8  ±9) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Fayette County: 8.4% † 1,263 (±1% / ±158)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
8 Total veterans ±9 5 Male ±5 3 Female ±6

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