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Clay township, Hardin County, IA

542 Population
36 square miles 15.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±7.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Hardin County: 45.4 ±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

$38,673 ±$9,222 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hardin County: $36,477 ±$2,257
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,917 ±$21,864 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hardin County: $65,069 ±$4,846
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.5% ±2.6% (19  ±15) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Hardin County: 9.7% † 1,543 (±2% / ±326)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±0.5 (4,660  ±1,646) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Hardin County: 21.6 159,725 (±1.5 / ±13,477)
  • 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

223 ±43 Number of households
  • Hardin County: 7,038 ±178
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.4 (542  ±137) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hardin County: 2.3 15,974 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

246 ±45 Number of housing units
  • Hardin County: 8,011 ±45
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$145,800 ±$49,735 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hardin County: $122,500 ±$7,470
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.1% ±3.4% (6  ±18.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Hardin County: 9.6% † 1,583 (±1.8% / ±290.4)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±28.1% (383  ±76) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hardin County: 93.1% 11,379 (±3.9% / ±472.9)
  • 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)
18.6% ±7.2% (77  ±34.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hardin County: 21.9% 2,683 (±2% / ±244.4)
  • 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

0.4% ±0.9% (2  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Hardin County: 3.6% 604
  • 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

10.9% ±5.3% (48  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hardin County: 6.4% † 860 (±0.9% / ±117)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
48 Total veterans ±26 37 Male ±19 11 Female ±13

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