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51334

6,960 Population
186.2 square miles 37.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 48.7 ±1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$35,624 ±$5,441 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $48,636 ±$2,400
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$57,482 ±$9,845 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $75,432 ±$5,466
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

10.8% ±3.9% (702  ±252) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 7.6% † 1,340 (±1.7% / ±300)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

20.5 minutes ±4.4 (72,540  ±16,529) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 16.7 138,405 (±1.2 / ±11,256)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

3,017 ±170 Number of households
  • the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 8,845 ±279
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.2 ±0.1 (6,517  ±180) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 2 17,719 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

3.9% ±2.7% (55  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 6.2% † 193 (±2.3% / ±72)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

3,309 ±112 Number of housing units
  • the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 14,206 ±298
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$112,000 ±$11,157 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $270,700 ±$17,339
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

8.4% ±2.6% (578  ±179) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 10.6% † 1,893 (±2.4% / ±429.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

88.3% ±7.2% (4,310  ±376.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 96.9% 13,102 (±4.6% / ±617.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
15.2% ±3.2% (741  ±159.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 31.2% 4,216 (±2.5% / ±339.3)
  • about half 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% ±1.4% (287  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 1.2% 219
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

4.1% ±1.6% (232  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 8% † 1,159 (±1.3% / ±194)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
232 Total veterans ±88 223 Male ±85 9 Female ±13

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