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Bear Creek township, Poweshiek County, IA

1,944 Population
36.2 square miles 53.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Poweshiek County: 40.8 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$37,175 ±$9,733 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Poweshiek County: $37,173 ±$2,835
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$68,750 ±$16,072 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Poweshiek County: $64,837 ±$3,523
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

18.5% ±10.5% (352  ±208) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Poweshiek County: 11.1% † 1,886 (±2.1% / ±353)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

20.7 minutes ±2.4 (17,105  ±3,997) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Poweshiek County: 19.3 153,110 (±1.6 / ±14,600)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

770 ±130 Number of households
  • Poweshiek County: 7,791 ±219
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.5 ±0.6 (1,902  ±301) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Poweshiek County: 2.2 16,969 (±0.1 / ±43)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

15.4% ±13.9% (57  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Poweshiek County: 3.8% † 157 (±1.8% / ±76)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

820 ±136 Number of housing units
  • Poweshiek County: 8,946 ±54
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$144,500 ±$26,150 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Poweshiek County: $184,200 ±$13,329
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

4.3% ±2.2% (81  ±42.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Poweshiek County: 17.3% † 3,186 (±2.5% / ±464.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

91.4% ±18.1% (1,189  ±159.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Poweshiek County: 94.6% 11,530 (±4.8% / ±591.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
15% ±3.9% (195  ±57.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Poweshiek County: 28.2% 3,431 (±2.7% / ±327.2)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

1.6% ±1.3% (31  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Poweshiek County: 3.4% 632
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

7.6% ±2.8% (113  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Poweshiek County: 6.9% † 1,030 (±1.2% / ±180)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
113 Total veterans ±45 104 Male ±45 9 Female ±21

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