Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Washington township, Shelby County, IA

650 Population
36 square miles 18 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

50.2 ±13.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 45.1 ±1.6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,562 ±$10,596 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $38,805 ±$2,514
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$81,172 ±$37,611 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $67,690 † ±$10,295
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

9.4% ±9.1% (61  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 8.5% † 984 (±2% / ±229)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

9.6 minutes ±2.4 (3,130  ±1,290) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Shelby County: 18.3 93,365 (±1.6 / ±10,136)
  • about half the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

285 ±58 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 4,983 ±139
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0.4 (650  ±167) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 2.3 11,538 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

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

Housing

297 ±59 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 5,429 ±39
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$166,000 ±$20,294 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Shelby County: $156,200 ±$10,283
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

9.9% ±5.7% (64  ±40.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 8.9% † 1,040 (±2.4% / ±,277.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

98.9% ±10.4% (457  ±,115.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Shelby County: 95.3% 7,866 (±5.1% / ±,439.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
26.4% ±10.1% (122  ±54.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 23.3% † 1,925 (±2.6% / ±,214.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

1.7% ±2.3% (11  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shelby County: 1.2% 146
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

7.6% ±6.3% (37  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 8.2% † 744 (±1.3% / ±119)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
37 Total veterans ±32 36 Male ±32 1 Female ±2

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.