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50543

1,420 Population
79.2 square miles 17.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±5.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$43,617 ±$6,703 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: $35,947 ±$1,642
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$91,563 ±$13,240 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: $68,975 ±$4,434
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

6.1% ±3.9% (85  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 12.9% † 4,383 (±1.8% / ±613)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

29.9 minutes ±4.8 (18,905  ±5,270) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 20.2 337,900 (±1.6 / ±29,753)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

533 ±79 Number of households
  • the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 15,375 ±369
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.6 ±0.2 (1,388  ±242) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 2.2 34,054 (±0.1 / ±122)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

4.4% ±4.9% (13  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 6.2% † 456 (±1.9% / ±141)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

643 ±97 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 17,082 ±72
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$155,100 ±$21,350 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

3.4% ±2.2% (47  ±31.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 15.1% † 5,510 (±1.8% / ±668.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

99% ±21.1% (950  ±131.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 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)
31.6% ±8% (303  ±91.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 22% 5,457 (±1.7% / ±426.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

0.5% ±0.8% (7  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 3% 1,119
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

5.6% ±2.4% (60  ±27) 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)
60 Total veterans ±27 52 Male ±25 8 Female ±7

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