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Clay township, Polk County, IA

23,327 Population
24.3 square miles 961.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 36.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,351 ±$3,406 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Polk County: $45,622 ±$752
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,509 ±$12,056 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $83,576 ±$1,283
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8% ±2.7% (1,840  ±625) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 10.3% 50,969 (±0.6% / ±3,035)
  • about three-quarters 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)

22.5 minutes ±1.7 (227,590  ±25,499) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 20 4,465,015 (±0.3 / ±87,777)
  • 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

9,142 ±474 Number of households
  • Polk County: 205,358 ±1,156
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (23,048  ±641) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Polk County: 2.4 494,416 (±0 / ±148)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±2.1% (336  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 5.5% 6,789 (±0.5% / ±668)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,520 ±533 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 218,486 ±136
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$282,200 ±$10,476 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $262,100 ±$3,486
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9% ±2.2% (2,075  ±513.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 14.3% 70,988 (±0.7% / ±3,455.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.7% ±5.8% (15,112  ±1,164.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Polk County: 92.5% 311,012 (±1.3% / ±4,464.1)
  • 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)
35.6% ±3.5% (5,564  ±609.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 40.3% 135,414 (±0.8% / ±2,806.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about the same as 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

5% ±2% (1,164  ±471) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 10.1% 50,787
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±1.9% (1,657  ±341) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 5.6% 21,413 (±0.3% / ±1,139)
  • 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)
1,657 Total veterans ±341 1,449 Male ±329 208 Female ±131

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