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Silver Lake township, Palo Alto County, IA

259 Population
34.8 square miles 7.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±16.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Palo Alto County: 41.5 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,173 ±$9,292 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Palo Alto County: $35,518 ±$1,787
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$57,188 ±$35,893 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Palo Alto County: $68,963 ±$5,798
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

1.9% ±1.8% (5  ±5) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Palo Alto County: 11.7% † 1,002 (±3% / ±252)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

13.8 minutes ±8.8 (1,395  ±554) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Palo Alto County: 17.7 † 75,665 (±1.8 / ±8,709)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

124 ±38 Number of households
  • Palo Alto County: 3,739 ±115
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.1 ±0.3 (259  ±87) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Palo Alto County: 2.3 8,579 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

5.7% ±8.2% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Palo Alto County: 6.1% † 106 (±2.8% / ±48)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

190 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Palo Alto County: 4,517 ±27
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$26,500 ±$6,968 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Palo Alto County: $119,300 ±$7,532
  • less than a fifth of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

97.1% ±41.8% (170  ±49) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Palo Alto County: 93.9% 5,709 (±5.2% / ±321.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
26.9% ±16.6% (47  ±32.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Palo Alto County: 20.5% † 1,248 (±2.6% / ±158.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

1.6% ±1.5% (3  ±3) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Palo Alto County: 7.7% † 524 (±1.5% / ±104)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
3 Total veterans ±3 3 Male ±3 N/A Female ±10

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