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Lake township, Pottawattamie County, IA

1,249 Population
10 square miles 124.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±16.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pottawattamie County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,259 ±$9,660 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pottawattamie County: $37,477 ±$917
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,875 ±$15,716 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pottawattamie County: $73,602 ±$1,625
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.4% ±11% (105  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pottawattamie County: 12.1% 11,003 (±1.1% / ±971)
  • 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)

19.6 minutes ±3.8 (11,405  ±3,904) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Pottawattamie County: 19.8 796,720 (±0.6 / ±28,023)
  • about the same as 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

495 ±126 Number of households
  • Pottawattamie County: 37,642 ±389
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.9 (1,249  ±283) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pottawattamie County: 2.4 90,760 (±0 / ±68)
  • 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

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

Housing

495 ±126 Number of housing units
  • Pottawattamie County: 40,083 ±98
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$361,300 ±$46,263 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Pottawattamie County: $195,700 ±$4,560
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

0.5% ±1.6% (6  ±20) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pottawattamie County: 10.2% † 9,473 (±1.1% / ±992.8)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±11.9% (736  ±177.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pottawattamie County: 90.7% 58,078 (±2.2% / ±1,416.1)
  • 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)
28.8% ±10.2% (228  ±93.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pottawattamie County: 23.6% 15,144 (±1.2% / ±737.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 80 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

12.7% ±8.2% (119  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pottawattamie County: 8.4% 6,038 (±0.5% / ±384)
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
119 Total veterans ±81 119 Male ±81 N/A Female ±10

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