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Prairie township, Mahaska County, IA

1,683 Population
35.5 square miles 47.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±7.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent 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

$39,707 ±$5,487 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mahaska County: $36,118 ±$2,252
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,977 ±$16,258 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mahaska County: $70,940 ±$4,815
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.4% ±4.2% (175  ±76) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mahaska County: 12.6% † 2,683 (±1.9% / ±399)
  • a little less than 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)

16.7 minutes ±4.7 (13,845  ±2,769) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mahaska County: 18 180,135 (±1 / ±11,128)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

799 ±122 Number of households
  • Mahaska County: 8,743 ±221
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (1,683  ±274) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mahaska County: 2.4 21,240 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±5% (24  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Mahaska County: 6% † 276 (±2.1% / ±97)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

906 ±122 Number of housing units
  • Mahaska County: 9,728 ±53
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$148,000 ±$18,298 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Mahaska County: $157,800 ±$8,064
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.8% ±3.1% (96  ±54.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mahaska County: 9.5% † 2,075 (±2.1% / ±452.3)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.1% ±0.3% (1,101  ±179.7) 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)
23.4% ±5.5% (271  ±77) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mahaska County: 24.1% 3,533 (±2.1% / ±301.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±1.9% (79  ±30) 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)
79 Total veterans ±30 73 Male ±28 6 Female ±10

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