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Clay township, Shelby County, IA

984 Population
39.6 square miles 24.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 44.3 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$41,709 ±$6,782 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Shelby County: $40,510 ±$2,800
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$60,417 ±$20,944 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $72,738 † ±$9,091
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

8.6% ±4.5% (79  ±44) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 7.6% † 882 (±1.8% / ±202)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

20.8 minutes ±9 (9,435  ±2,510) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 18.5 91,365 (±1.5 / ±9,733)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

421 ±80 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 4,882 ±155
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.2 ±0.2 (925  ±196) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shelby County: 2.4 11,557 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

5.4% ±5.1% (9  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Shelby County: 1.9% † 45 (±1.1% / ±26)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

493 ±79 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 5,441 ±34
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$129,700 ±$28,701 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $164,000 ±$7,530
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

11.7% ±6.1% (115  ±63.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Shelby County: 8.9% † 1,049 (±2.2% / ±261.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

95.3% ±26.9% (728  ±134.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 95.4% 7,805 (±5% / ±413.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
29.1% ±8.6% (222  ±81) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 24.1% † 1,970 (±2.8% / ±232.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

2.9% ±3.6% (28  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Shelby County: 1.6% 192
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

4.3% ±3.6% (37  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Shelby County: 8.6% † 784 (±1.5% / ±132)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
37 Total veterans ±32 35 Male ±31 2 Female ±4

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