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Scott township, Mahaska County, IA

500 Population
30.2 square miles 16.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±10 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mahaska County: 39 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,240 ±$7,723 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mahaska County: $36,118 ±$2,252
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

8.6% ±3.8% (43  ±4) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mahaska County: 12.6% † 2,683 (±1.9% / ±399)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±23.1 (3,550  ±2,391) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mahaska County: 18 180,135 (±1 / ±11,128)
  • 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

147 ±62 Number of households
  • Mahaska County: 8,743 ±221
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.7 (457  ±215) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mahaska County: 2.4 21,240 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.8% ±17.4% (12  ±18) 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

147 ±62 Number of housing units
  • Mahaska County: 9,728 ±53
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$273,100 ±$86,365 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mahaska County: $157,800 ±$8,064
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.3% ±6.1% (16  ±30.4) 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

97.3% ±52.8% (329  ±113.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mahaska County: 93.5% 13,684 (±4.1% / ±607.7)
  • 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)
26% ±11.6% (88  ±53.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mahaska County: 24.1% 3,533 (±2.1% / ±301.4)
  • about 80 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

9.8% ±10.8% (49  ±58) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Mahaska County: 2.2% 492
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.1% ±3.1% (7  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Mahaska County: 5.8% † 972 (±0.9% / ±143)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
7 Total veterans ±11 7 Male ±11 N/A Female ±10

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