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Washington township, Wapello County, IA

1,065 Population
36.2 square miles 29.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wapello County: 39.2 ±0.9
  • 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

$31,558 ±$6,711 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wapello County: $33,358 ±$2,144
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,563 ±$15,183 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wapello County: $64,766 ±$4,224
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19% ±8.4% (202  ±96) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wapello County: 15.8% † 5,464 (±2.6% / ±897)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.6 minutes ±5.6 (10,610  ±3,551) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wapello County: 20 301,615 (±1.7 / ±27,873)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

478 ±74 Number of households
  • Wapello County: 13,997 ±276
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (1,065  ±184) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wapello County: 2.5 34,482 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • 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

11% ±11% (26  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wapello County: 7.2% † 541 (±2% / ±155)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

539 ±91 Number of housing units
  • Wapello County: 15,730 ±34
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$79,600 ±$11,571 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wapello County: $125,100 ±$7,732
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.5% ±3.8% (89  ±43.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wapello County: 12.1% † 4,214 (±1.8% / ±610.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.3% ±17.4% (697  ±97.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wapello County: 88.6% 21,264 (±3.6% / ±869.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.3% ±4.8% (82  ±39.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Wapello County: 19.6% † 4,708 (±2.1% / ±498.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about one-quarter of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.8% ±2.9% (65  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wapello County: 5.4% † 1,462 (±0.9% / ±229)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
65 Total veterans ±26 65 Male ±26 N/A Female ±10

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