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Wahpeton, IA

436 Population
1.2 square miles 363.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55 ±11.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 48.1 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$61,442 ±$10,021 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $47,165 ±$2,521
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$86,667 ±$35,390 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $74,570 ±$3,265
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

5.3% ±5.2% (23  ±23) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 6.3% † 1,103 (±1.7% / ±290)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

15.5 minutes ±3.9 (2,370  ±1,132) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 17.1 140,200 (±1.4 / ±12,815)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

212 ±45 Number of households
  • the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 8,650 ±257
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.1 ±0.6 (436  ±87) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 2 17,591 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

16.3% ±14.9% (8  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 5.2% † 165 (±2.4% / ±75)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

754 ±82 Number of housing units
  • the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 14,060 ±36
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$463,300 ±$33,139 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $251,600 ±$14,819
  • more than double the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

24.9% ±12.9% (108  ±59.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 11.1% † 1,970 (±2.1% / ±372)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

100% ±24.1% (331  ±54.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 97.3% 12,966 (±4.7% / ±635)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
57.7% ±5.6% (191  ±38.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 32.3% 4,305 (±2.5% / ±330)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

2.5% ±2% (11  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 1.8% 313
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

9.4% ±7.3% (34  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 7.8% † 1,126 (±1.3% / ±182)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
34 Total veterans ±27 34 Male ±27 N/A Female ±10

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