West Union, Iowa West Union, Iowa Location of West Union, Iowa Location of West Union, Iowa West Union is a town/city in Fayette County, Iowa, United States.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.78 square miles (7.20 km2), all of it land. West Union is the home of the North Fayette Valley Community School District, which comprises the communities of West Union; Clermont; Elgin; Wadena; Hawkeye; Fayette, the unincorporated town of Alpha and the encircling rural areas.
North Fayette and Valley Community Schools combined services in 2013 with the high school in West Union and the middle school in Elgin.
At the end of the 2015-16 school year, the school boards can decide to either: continue the whole-grade sharing agreement, end the agreement and go back to the North Fayette and Valley school districts, or officially consolidate the two districts.
West Union historical populace United States Enumeration Bureau.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.4% White, 1.1% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 0.6% from other competitions, and 0.6% from two or more competitions.
There were 5,106 homeholds of which 24.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.3% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 43.4% were non-families.
38.2% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 42.4 years.
21.9% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.1% were from 25 to 44; 24.9% were from 45 to 64; and 22.2% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.41% White, 0.24% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.71% Asian, 0.20% from other competitions, and 1.22% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,107 homeholds out of which 28.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.9% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 40.3% were non-families.
36.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 18.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Age spread: 22.6% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $34,515, and the median income for a family was $45,128.
About 6.0% of families and 9.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 17.5% of those age 65 or over.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): West Union city, Iowa".
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