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50249

1,312 Population
79.3 square miles 16.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.6 ±11.7 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,097 ±$6,135 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: $35,947 ±$1,642
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,761 ±$6,018 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: $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

7.4% ±4.8% (94  ±62) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 12.9% † 4,383 (±1.8% / ±613)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.5 minutes ±1.7 (12,985  ±2,660) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 20.2 337,900 (±1.6 / ±29,753)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

610 ±70 Number of households
  • the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 15,375 ±369
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (1,263  ±148) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 2.2 34,054 (±0.1 / ±122)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±6.6% (12  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 6.2% † 456 (±1.9% / ±141)
  • 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

668 ±80 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 17,082 ±72
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$119,000 ±$18,121 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: $153,800 ±$5,022
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.1% ±2.8% (66  ±37.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 15.1% † 5,510 (±1.8% / ±668.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93% ±5.2% (960  ±120.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 93% 23,050 (±3.3% / ±831.9)
  • 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)
17.4% ±4.4% (180  ±49.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 22% 5,457 (±1.7% / ±426.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about half 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

1.1% ±1.1% (15  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 3% 1,119
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±2.6% (88  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 5.9% † 1,695 (±0.9% / ±246)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
88 Total veterans ±29 83 Male ±29 5 Female ±7

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