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Waterman township, O'Brien County, IA

877 Population
35.2 square miles 24.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±11 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in O'Brien County: 39.5 ±0.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,758 ±$4,033 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in O'Brien County: $35,198 ±$1,453
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,250 ±$9,484 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in O'Brien County: $68,356 ±$4,388
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.8% ±4.7% (83  ±44) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in O'Brien County: 13.3% † 1,841 (±2.7% / ±370)
  • 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)

22.4 minutes ±5.3 (8,850  ±4,046) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in O'Brien County: 19 122,135 (±1.6 / ±11,956)
  • 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

347 ±71 Number of households
  • O'Brien County: 5,809 ±230
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (845  ±201) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in O'Brien County: 2.4 13,697 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.9% ±9.4% (21  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in O'Brien County: 8.3% † 233 (±3.2% / ±91)
  • 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

395 ±76 Number of housing units
  • O'Brien County: 6,564 ±32
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$122,600 ±$36,724 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in O'Brien County: $173,100 ±$9,272
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±6.8% (105  ±63.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in O'Brien County: 15% † 2,094 (±3.4% / ±480.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.3% ±26.9% (538  ±102.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in O'Brien County: 90.5% 8,728 (±5% / ±487.2)
  • 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)
18.9% ±9.5% (110  ±60.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in O'Brien County: 22.1% † 2,126 (±2.7% / ±256.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about half 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

0.2% ±0.3% (2  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in O'Brien County: 4.4% 627
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10% ±2.8% (67  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in O'Brien County: 6.2% † 664 (±1% / ±108)
  • about 1.5 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)
67 Total veterans ±25 65 Male ±25 2 Female ±4

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