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Westphalia township, Shelby County, IA

636 Population
36.5 square miles 17.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.8 ±14.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 45.5 ±1.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$35,072 ±$8,118 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $38,664 ±$3,119
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $37,949 ±$241
$68,750 ±$23,969 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Shelby County: $70,295 † ±$10,749
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $70,571 ±$395

22% ±15.4% (131  ±98) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Shelby County: 8.8% † 1,011 (±2.4% / ±275)
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 343,141 (±0.2% / ±6,097)

21.8 minutes ±2.9 (7,325  ±2,163) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 17.6 91,560 (±1.5 / ±9,611)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.7 28,493,996 (±0.1 / ±232,811)

Families

263 ±58 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 4,933 ±151
  • Iowa: 1,290,139 ±4,032
2.3 ±0.3 (596  ±157) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Shelby County: 2.3 11,510 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,090,320

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

Housing

267 ±59 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 5,422 ±50
  • Iowa: 1,417,064 ±977

$126,000 ±$47,357 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $152,900 ±$10,949
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $181,600 ±$1,035

3.8% ±3.7% (24  ±24.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Shelby County: 10.3% † 1,203 (±2.4% / ±,276.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 13.7% 431,609 (±0.2% / ±6,970.1)

Social

97.3% ±28.3% (471  ±92.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Shelby County: 94.3% 7,846 (±5.2% / ±,437.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93% 1,982,557 (±0.4% / ±9,380.8)
14.5% ±6.8% (70  ±36.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Shelby County: 22.8% † 1,898 (±2.5% / ±,209.5)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 30.3% 645,329 (±0.3% / ±5,788.2)

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

2.4% ±3.4% (15  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 1.9% 219
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 178,537

5.3% ±2.9% (27  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Shelby County: 8.5% † 776 (±1.4% / ±128)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 7% 171,836 (±0.1% / ±2,426)
27 Total veterans ±16 23 Male ±16 4 Female ±5

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