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Westphalia township, Shelby County, IA

587 Population
36.5 square miles 16.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±16.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 44.3 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$38,424 ±$11,537 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Shelby County: $40,510 ±$2,800
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$80,028 ±$7,929 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $72,738 † ±$9,091
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

7.6% ±7% (42  ±40) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 7.6% † 882 (±1.8% / ±202)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

24.7 minutes ±4.4 (7,485  ±2,401) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Shelby County: 18.5 91,365 (±1.5 / ±9,733)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

247 ±55 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 4,882 ±155
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.2 ±0.3 (550  ±143) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Shelby County: 2.4 11,557 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

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

Housing

256 ±54 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 5,441 ±34
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$120,600 ±$51,467 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Shelby County: $164,000 ±$7,530
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

8% ±5.3% (47  ±32.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 8.9% † 1,049 (±2.2% / ±261.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

97.6% ±8.6% (412  ±87.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 95.4% 7,805 (±5% / ±413.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
18.7% ±8.9% (79  ±40.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 24.1% † 1,970 (±2.8% / ±232.3)
  • about three-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.7% ±4.9% (26  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Shelby County: 8.6% † 784 (±1.5% / ±132)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
26 Total veterans ±23 23 Male ±22 3 Female ±4

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