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Union township, Union County, IA

1,184 Population
35.3 square miles 33.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 40.5 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,472 ±$3,346 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Union County: $31,697 ±$1,886
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,500 ±$8,910 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Union County: $57,772 † ±$5,799
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.1% ±4.7% (174  ±60) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 12.4% † 1,448 (±2.7% / ±318)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.3 minutes ±3 (8,910  ±2,292) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 15.8 80,455 (±1.6 / ±9,534)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

494 ±73 Number of households
  • Union County: 5,116 ±177
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.5 (1,135  ±165) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Union County: 2.3 11,690 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.8% ±2.1% (2  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Union County: 5.1% † 136 (±2.4% / ±63)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

560 ±78 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 5,785 ±35
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$105,100 ±$8,806 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Union County: $122,000 ±$7,392
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.6% ±3.7% (77  ±44.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Union County: 11.9% † 1,414 (±3.5% / ±410.5)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.7% ±5% (821  ±129) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Union County: 91.5% 7,494 (±5.9% / ±485)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.5% ±5.3% (153  ±54.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Union County: 23.4% † 1,912 (±3.1% / ±252.1)
  • 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

7.1% ±4.5% (84  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Union County: 1.8% 220
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±2.4% (51  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Union County: 7.6% † 706 (±1.6% / ±152)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
51 Total veterans ±24 51 Male ±24 N/A Female ±10

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