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Polk township, Shelby County, IA

85 Population
36.9 square miles 2.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

69 ±15.8 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Shelby County: 44.3 ±0.7
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,846 ±$38,188 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $40,510 ±$2,800
  • 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
N/A Median household income

31.8% ±41.4% (27  ±37) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Shelby County: 7.6% † 882 (±1.8% / ±202)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

N/A

Families

40 ±16 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 4,882 ±155
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.3 (85  ±36) 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
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

40 ±16 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 5,441 ±34
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$136,500 ±$14,062 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $164,000 ±$7,530
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

100% ±41.3% (80  ±46.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Shelby County: 95.4% 7,805 (±5% / ±413.3)
  • 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)
16.3% ±34.3% (13  ±27.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Shelby County: 24.1% † 1,970 (±2.8% / ±232.3)
  • about half 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

N/A Foreign-born population

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±10 N/A Male ±10 N/A Female ±10

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