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51237

1,605 Population
97.1 square miles 16.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lyon County: 38.2 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$34,014 ±$3,328 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $36,117 ±$1,874
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$61,667 ±$9,874 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lyon County: $76,746 ±$7,073
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

6.9% ±2.5% (108  ±41) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lyon County: 5.3% † 638 (±1.3% / ±157)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

20 minutes ±2.5 (14,425  ±3,087) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Lyon County: 18.9 102,505 (±1.6 / ±9,848)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

690 ±74 Number of households
  • Lyon County: 4,479 ±121
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.3 ±0.1 (1,568  ±185) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lyon County: 2.7 11,983 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

5.5% ±4.1% (14  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lyon County: 7.2% † 174 (±2.4% / ±57)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

722 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Lyon County: 4,870 ±36
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$159,500 ±$25,178 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lyon County: $230,000 ±$11,175
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

11.8% ±4.9% (183  ±79.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lyon County: 8.6% † 1,026 (±2% / ±243.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

93.3% ±3.5% (1,050  ±112.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 95.3% 7,420 (±4.6% / ±359.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
20.6% ±3.7% (232  ±47.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 20.4% † 1,590 (±2.2% / ±173.5)
  • 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

2.6% ±2.2% (42  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lyon County: 2% 239
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

10.2% ±3.3% (132  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lyon County: 5.7% † 500 (±1.1% / ±100)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
132 Total veterans ±45 114 Male ±42 18 Female ±21

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