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Forest township, Winnebago County, IA

4,542 Population
35.3 square miles 128.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Winnebago County: 42.7 ±1.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,931 ±$7,210 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Winnebago County: $38,034 ±$3,624
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,210 ±$8,833 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Winnebago County: $67,642 † ±$8,706
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±4.9% (571  ±201) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Winnebago County: 11.2% † 1,120 (±2.3% / ±231)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.9 minutes ±1.6 (25,345  ±4,298) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Winnebago County: 14.7 71,025 (±0.9 / ±5,579)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,810 ±139 Number of households
  • Winnebago County: 4,641 ±125
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (4,047  ±191) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Winnebago County: 2.2 10,009 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • 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

7.9% ±5.8% (81  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Winnebago County: 7.2% † 149 (±3.9% / ±81)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,925 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Winnebago County: 5,077 ±28
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$141,300 ±$19,457 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Winnebago County: $135,000 ±$10,626
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.3% ±5% (726  ±225.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Winnebago County: 13.6% † 1,418 (±3.1% / ±318.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±8.9% (2,652  ±301.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Winnebago County: 94.7% 6,948 (±5.6% / ±413.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.8% ±5.6% (756  ±165.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Winnebago County: 26.1% † 1,913 (±3.1% / ±226.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-quarters 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

6.6% ±1.9% (301  ±88) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Winnebago County: 3.5% 372
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±2.1% (138  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Winnebago County: 6.3% † 523 (±1.3% / ±105)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
138 Total veterans ±73 109 Male ±62 29 Female ±35

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