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50501

28,823 Population
152.2 square miles 189.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$34,794 ±$2,129 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: $35,947 ±$1,642
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$66,888 ±$6,398 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: $68,975 ±$4,434
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

14% ±2.2% (3,661  ±570) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 12.9% † 4,383 (±1.8% / ±613)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

18.9 minutes ±2.1 (244,680  ±29,869) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 20.2 337,900 (±1.6 / ±29,753)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

11,899 ±382 Number of households
  • the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 15,375 ±369
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.2 ±0.1 (26,065  ±417) Persons per household
  • about the same as 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

5.4% ±2.1% (309  ±120) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 6.2% † 456 (±1.9% / ±141)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

13,268 ±211 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 17,082 ±72
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$153,500 ±$5,663 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: $153,800 ±$5,022
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

17.4% ±2.4% (4,963  ±682.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 15.1% † 5,510 (±1.8% / ±668.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

92.6% ±3.7% (17,691  ±776.1) 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)
22.1% ±2% (4,223  ±396.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 22% 5,457 (±1.7% / ±426.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

3.7% ±1% (1,056  ±280) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 3% 1,119
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

5.6% ±1% (1,273  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 5.9% † 1,695 (±0.9% / ±246)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
1,273 Total veterans ±235 1,134 Male ±198 139 Female ±105

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