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West Point township, Lee County, IA

1,584 Population
36.2 square miles 43.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.6 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lee County: 43.6 ±0.5
  • 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

$54,251 ±$10,534 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lee County: $34,999 ±$1,338
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$92,054 ±$26,645 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lee County: $62,382 ±$3,274
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.8% ±5% (152  ±83) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lee County: 13.1% † 4,130 (±1.7% / ±535)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.4 minutes ±3.6 (13,960  ±5,086) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lee County: 20.4 277,270 (±1.3 / ±21,038)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

711 ±126 Number of households
  • Lee County: 14,323 ±210
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,559  ±290) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lee County: 2.2 31,705 (±0 / ±35)
  • 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

2.7% ±2.5% (9  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lee County: 9.8% † 618 (±2.4% / ±153)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

770 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 15,794 ±37
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$238,400 ±$47,698 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Lee County: $141,400 ±$10,936
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±5.2% (155  ±85.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lee County: 11.4% † 3,681 (±1.9% / ±604.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.8% ±25.7% (1,221  ±222.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lee County: 92.5% 21,845 (±3.6% / ±846.9)
  • 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)
30.9% ±9.3% (393  ±141.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lee County: 21.7% 5,123 (±1.9% / ±453.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 90 percent 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

1% ±1.1% (15  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lee County: 1.9% 634
  • 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

9.2% ±4.2% (120  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Lee County: 8.8% † 2,270 (±0.9% / ±241)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
120 Total veterans ±58 120 Male ±58 N/A Female ±10

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