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Lake Prairie township, Marion County, IA

12,346 Population
70.4 square miles 175.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Marion County: 39.8 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$42,184 ±$5,504 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Marion County: $38,168 ±$2,335
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $37,949 ±$241
$86,404 ±$6,222 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Marion County: $74,193 ±$3,055
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $70,571 ±$395

4.5% ±1.7% (489  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Marion County: 7.7% † 2,438 (±1.6% / ±502)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 343,141 (±0.2% / ±6,097)

14.5 minutes ±1.3 (85,800  ±9,728) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Marion County: 20.5 312,040 (±0.6 / ±15,303)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Iowa: 19.7 28,493,996 (±0.1 / ±232,811)

Families

4,553 ±248 Number of households
  • Marion County: 13,310 ±227
  • Iowa: 1,290,139 ±4,032
2.4 ±0.2 (10,948  ±384) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Marion County: 2.4 31,796 (±0 / ±48)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,090,320

2.6% ±1.8% (65  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Marion County: 4.3% † 312 (±1.3% / ±96)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 40,424 (±0.2% / ±1,423)

Housing

4,780 ±231 Number of housing units
  • Marion County: 14,179 ±33
  • Iowa: 1,417,064 ±977

$246,100 ±$12,522 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Marion County: $192,300 ±$10,109
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $181,600 ±$1,035

26.3% ±5.8% (3,233  ±,723.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Marion County: 16.5% † 5,487 (±2.5% / ±,818.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 13.7% 431,609 (±0.2% / ±6,970.1)

Social

95.1% ±5.7% (7,208  ±,537.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marion County: 94.1% 20,935 (±4% / ±,883.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93% 1,982,557 (±0.4% / ±9,380.8)
46.1% ±4.4% (3,494  ±,366.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Marion County: 31.7% 7,058 (±2.5% / ±,557.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 30.3% 645,329 (±0.3% / ±5,788.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.9% ±0.9% (361  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Marion County: 1.9% 623
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 178,537

5.6% ±1.6% (536  ±151) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Marion County: 7.4% † 1,905 (±1% / ±253)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 7% 171,836 (±0.1% / ±2,426)
536 Total veterans ±151 503 Male ±148 33 Female ±36

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