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Jefferson township, Mahaska County, IA

304 Population
40.7 square miles 7.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±22.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Mahaska County: 39 ±0.8
  • 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

$59,180 ±$7,222 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mahaska County: $36,118 ±$2,252
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$88,472 ±$40,042 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mahaska County: $70,940 ±$4,815
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

N/A Persons below poverty line

27.9 minutes ±18.6 (6,610  ±3,084) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Mahaska County: 18 180,135 (±1 / ±11,128)
  • 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

181 ±66 Number of households
  • Mahaska County: 8,743 ±221
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.7 ±0.3 (304  ±126) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mahaska County: 2.4 21,240 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

16.3% ±22.5% (7  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Mahaska County: 6% † 276 (±2.1% / ±97)
  • 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

200 ±74 Number of housing units
  • Mahaska County: 9,728 ±53
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$117,500 ±$93,338 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mahaska County: $157,800 ±$8,064
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.3% ±7.7% (10  ±23.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Mahaska County: 9.5% † 2,075 (±2.1% / ±452.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±50.4% (210  ±74.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mahaska County: 93.5% 13,684 (±4.1% / ±607.7)
  • 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)
11% ±12.8% (25  ±31) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Mahaska County: 24.1% 3,533 (±2.1% / ±301.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about one-third 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.7% ±4.5% (16  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Mahaska County: 5.8% † 972 (±0.9% / ±143)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
16 Total veterans ±14 16 Male ±14 N/A Female ±10

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