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Buchanan township, Jefferson County, IA

609 Population
35.4 square miles 17.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.6 ±29 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jefferson County: 43.7 ±0.6
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,768 ±$10,213 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $36,823 † ±$4,353
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$96,992 ±$21,217 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Jefferson County: $61,620 † ±$10,446
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

N/A Persons below poverty line

13.7 minutes ±9.9 (4,040  ±1,790) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 15.9 † 93,760 (±1.8 / ±12,996)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

236 ±97 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 6,952 ±224
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (609  ±261) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.1 14,644 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

236 ±97 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 7,706 ±46
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$160,300 ±$29,480 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson County: $163,400 ±$8,367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.8% ±5% (23  ±32.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Jefferson County: 16.6% † 2,602 (±3.6% / ±556.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.1% ±54.5% (408  ±160.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 95.1% 11,177 (±5.8% / ±703.2)
  • 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)
27.4% ±19.5% (115  ±94.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 43.2% 5,084 (±4% / ±471.7)
  • 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

2% ±2.8% (12  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Jefferson County: 14.1% 2,215
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.9% ±4.3% (14  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 7.7% † 1,005 (±1.8% / ±228)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
14 Total veterans ±21 N/A Male ±10 14 Female ±21

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