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Van Meter Community School District, IA

3,543 Population
57.6 square miles 61.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dallas County: 35.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$63,391 ±$9,790 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dallas County: $52,722 ±$1,826
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$149,103 ±$10,396 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Dallas County: $102,349 ±$3,220
  • about double the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

1.5% ±0.9% (54  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Dallas County: 5.8% † 6,038 (±0.8% / ±831)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

20.6 minutes ±5.9 (29,940  ±5,495) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Dallas County: 20.8 956,960 (±0.7 / ±40,617)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

1,222 ±170 Number of households
  • Dallas County: 40,868 ±472
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.9 ±0.2 (3,543  ±552) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dallas County: 2.5 103,507 (±0 / ±15)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

8.7% ±7.7% (74  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dallas County: 5.6% † 1,447 (±1.1% / ±294)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

1,331 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Dallas County: 43,195 ±70
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$418,400 ±$42,516 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Dallas County: $333,400 ±$10,133
  • more than double the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

13% ±5.7% (450  ±206.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dallas County: 14.6% 15,000 (±1.4% / ±1,462.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

99.5% ±18.4% (2,286  ±284.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Dallas County: 96.1% 65,869 (±2.7% / ±1,876.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
54.8% ±5.5% (1,259  ±213.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Dallas County: 51.6% 35,393 (±1.9% / ±1,298.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

1.7% ±1.2% (59  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Dallas County: 10% 10,394
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

3.7% ±1.3% (91  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dallas County: 5.8% † 4,417 (±0.7% / ±507)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
91 Total veterans ±35 87 Male ±33 4 Female ±6

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