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50548

5,722 Population
124.3 square miles 46 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±1.9 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

$43,040 ±$5,269 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: $35,947 ±$1,642
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$76,214 ±$6,879 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: $68,975 ±$4,434
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

14.1% ±3.9% (789  ±218) 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)

18.3 minutes ±3.2 (39,175  ±8,047) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 20.2 337,900 (±1.6 / ±29,753)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

2,408 ±120 Number of households
  • the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 15,375 ±369
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.3 ±0.1 (5,587  ±201) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 2.2 34,054 (±0.1 / ±122)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

5.4% ±4.3% (63  ±51) 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

2,530 ±122 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 17,082 ±72
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$188,200 ±$19,326 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: $153,800 ±$5,022
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

18.6% ±5% (1,053  ±286.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 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

95% ±6.5% (3,654  ±296.5) 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)
25.6% ±3.9% (986  ±155.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 22% 5,457 (±1.7% / ±426.7)
  • about 80 percent 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

4.1% ±1.5% (236  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 3% 1,119
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

7% ±1.8% (296  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area: 5.9% † 1,695 (±0.9% / ±246)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
296 Total veterans ±78 277 Male ±73 19 Female ±19

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