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Silver Creek township, Pottawattamie County, IA

921 Population
35.2 square miles 26.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±9.2 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

$52,304 ±$10,617 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pottawattamie County: $37,477 ±$917
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$122,045 ±$35,068 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pottawattamie County: $73,602 ±$1,625
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.2% ±4.9% (57  ±46) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Pottawattamie County: 12.1% 11,003 (±1.1% / ±971)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.1 minutes ±7.1 (9,565  ±2,052) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pottawattamie County: 19.8 796,720 (±0.6 / ±28,023)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

368 ±61 Number of households
  • Pottawattamie County: 37,642 ±389
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (921  ±161) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pottawattamie County: 2.4 90,760 (±0 / ±68)
  • a little 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

13.3% ±15.4% (21  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Pottawattamie County: 4.6% † 938 (±1% / ±194)
  • 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

396 ±63 Number of housing units
  • Pottawattamie County: 40,083 ±98
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$287,000 ±$33,801 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pottawattamie County: $195,700 ±$4,560
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.1% ±1.9% (10  ±17.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pottawattamie County: 10.2% † 9,473 (±1.1% / ±992.8)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.7% ±4.8% (669  ±104.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pottawattamie County: 90.7% 58,078 (±2.2% / ±1,416.1)
  • about 10 percent 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)
42.2% ±8.1% (283  ±68.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pottawattamie County: 23.6% 15,144 (±1.2% / ±737.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

0.9% ±1.4% (8  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pottawattamie County: 4% 3,738
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±3.5% (59  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Pottawattamie County: 8.4% 6,038 (±0.5% / ±384)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
59 Total veterans ±26 59 Male ±26 N/A Female ±10

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