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Fort Dodge city, Webster County, IA

24,788 Population
16 square miles 1,548.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Webster County: 39.8 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,899 ±$2,306 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Webster County: $35,172 ±$1,670
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$61,769 ±$6,135 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Webster County: $68,054 ±$3,664
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

14.4% ±2% (3,184  ±453) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Webster County: 11.7% † 3,994 (±1.5% / ±520)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

17.9 minutes ±1.8 (195,280  ±20,833) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Webster County: 19.3 320,205 (±1.2 / ±23,082)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

10,556 ±260 Number of households
  • Webster County: 15,641 ±265
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.1 ±0.1 (22,092  ±130) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Webster County: 2.2 34,060 (±0 / ±123)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

6.8% ±2.5% (346  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Webster County: 7.2% † 518 (±2.4% / ±170)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

11,492 ±176 Number of housing units
  • Webster County: 17,053 ±82
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$128,900 ±$7,753 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Webster County: $138,500 ±$7,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

18.4% ±2.4% (4,519  ±584) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Webster County: 15.4% † 5,613 (±1.7% / ±624.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

90.8% ±4.5% (14,933  ±792) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Webster County: 92.3% 22,928 (±3.4% / ±850.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
20.1% ±2.4% (3,305  ±405.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Webster County: 20.5% 5,094 (±1.7% / ±424)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

4.6% ±1.1% (1,143  ±278) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Webster County: 3.3% 1,212
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

7.1% ±1.3% (1,393  ±257) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Webster County: 7.1% † 2,063 (±0.9% / ±272)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
1,393 Total veterans ±257 1,223 Male ±242 170 Female ±111

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