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Jackson township, Poweshiek County, IA

1,733 Population
50.5 square miles 34.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±7.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Poweshiek County: 41 ±1
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,658 ±$4,423 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Poweshiek County: $38,109 ±$2,844
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,435 ±$4,870 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Poweshiek County: $67,391 ±$5,210
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.3% ±4.5% (172  ±79) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Poweshiek County: 10.8% † 1,814 (±2.1% / ±360)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.6 minutes ±2.2 (12,235  ±2,818) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Poweshiek County: 18.6 146,175 (±1.8 / ±15,425)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

806 ±121 Number of households
  • Poweshiek County: 7,804 ±274
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.4 (1,673  ±223) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Poweshiek County: 2.2 16,892 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.5% ±8.2% (24  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Poweshiek County: 3.7% † 157 (±2% / ±84)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

871 ±117 Number of housing units
  • Poweshiek County: 8,975 ±64
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$174,700 ±$24,213 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Poweshiek County: $209,300 ±$13,672
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.2% ±6.6% (314  ±120.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Poweshiek County: 16.4% † 3,018 (±2.5% / ±453)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±17.1% (1,146  ±142.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Poweshiek County: 94.9% 11,591 (±4.8% / ±595.4)
  • 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)
17.5% ±4.6% (213  ±62.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Poweshiek County: 27.3% † 3,339 (±2.8% / ±338.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about half 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

0.8% ±0.8% (13  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Poweshiek County: 3.6% 672
  • 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

8.3% ±3.2% (113  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Poweshiek County: 6.9% † 1,036 (±1.3% / ±198)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
113 Total veterans ±46 101 Male ±43 12 Female ±16

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