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Lost Grove township, Webster County, IA

597 Population
35.7 square miles 16.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±27.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Webster County: 39.7 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,555 ±$6,725 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Webster County: $35,947 ±$1,642
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,321 ±$9,642 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Webster County: $68,975 ±$4,434
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.1% ±15.2% (120  ±99) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Webster County: 12.9% † 4,383 (±1.8% / ±613)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.4 minutes ±4.1 (7,315  ±2,619) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Webster County: 20.2 337,900 (±1.6 / ±29,753)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

267 ±77 Number of households
  • Webster County: 15,375 ±369
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.4 (597  ±199) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Webster County: 2.2 34,054 (±0.1 / ±122)
  • 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

57.6% ±55.5% (83  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Webster County: 6.2% † 456 (±1.9% / ±141)
  • more than 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

318 ±75 Number of housing units
  • Webster County: 17,082 ±72
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$161,900 ±$11,813 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Webster County: $153,800 ±$5,022
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±5.1% (45  ±31.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Webster County: 15.1% † 5,510 (±1.8% / ±668.6)
  • about three-fifths 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

96.3% ±4.3% (368  ±94.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Webster County: 93% 23,050 (±3.3% / ±831.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.4% ±10.6% (93  ±46.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Webster County: 22% 5,457 (±1.7% / ±426.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±2.5% (35  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Webster County: 5.9% † 1,695 (±0.9% / ±246)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
35 Total veterans ±17 34 Male ±17 1 Female ±2

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