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Westphalia township, Shelby County, IA

554 Population
36.5 square miles 15.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.4 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 45.1 ±1.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$44,842 ±$10,121 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $38,805 ±$2,514
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$79,712 ±$19,231 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

10.7% ±8.3% (55  ±45) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 8.5% † 984 (±2% / ±229)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

25.1 minutes ±6.2 (8,335  ±3,211) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Shelby County: 18.3 93,365 (±1.6 / ±10,136)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

243 ±54 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 4,983 ±139
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.1 ±0.3 (516  ±135) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shelby County: 2.3 11,538 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

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

Housing

251 ±53 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 5,429 ±39
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$117,500 ±$31,653 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Shelby County: $156,200 ±$10,283
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

7.4% ±5.2% (41  ±30.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 8.9% † 1,040 (±2.4% / ±277.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

97.3% ±28.8% (435  ±85.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
15.2% ±6.7% (68  ±33.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Shelby County: 23.3% † 1,925 (±2.6% / ±214.5)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.5% ±4.7% (32  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 8.2% † 744 (±1.3% / ±119)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
32 Total veterans ±24 29 Male ±22 3 Female ±4

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