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Elgin township, Plymouth County, IA

195 Population
36.1 square miles 5.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±34 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 41.3 ±0.7
  • 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

$35,150 ±$12,303 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $41,532 ±$1,940
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

13.9% ±13.7% (27  ±29) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Plymouth County: 6.9% † 1,751 (±1.5% / ±382)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19 minutes ±7.4 (1,900  ±1,265) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 19.2 232,980 (±1.1 / ±15,940)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

106 ±46 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 10,313 ±187
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±1.1 (195  ±80) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Plymouth County: 2.5 25,374 (±0 / ±9)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

153 ±63 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 10,891 ±43
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,300 ±$28,193 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Plymouth County: $228,900 ±$9,640
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

89.3% ±52.5% (159  ±61.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Plymouth County: 94.8% 16,590 (±3.9% / ±684.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
2.8% ±14% (5  ±25) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Plymouth County: 21.7% 3,796 (±1.9% / ±326.5)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 10 percent 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

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±10 N/A Male ±10 N/A Female ±10

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