Walford, Iowa
| Walford | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| Counties : |
Benton County Linn County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 53 ′ N , 91 ° 50 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,463 (as of 2010) 257,940 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 509.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.87 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 245 m |
| Postal code : | 52351 |
| Area code : | +1 319 |
| FIPS : | 19-81840 |
| GNIS ID : | 462607 |
| Website : | www.cityofwalford.com |
| Mayor : | Mark Carter |
Walford is a small town (with the status " City ") in Benton County and Linn County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa .
Walford is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Cedar Rapids .
geography
Walford is located in eastern Iowa in the southwest suburb of Cedar Rapids. The Mississippi , which forms the border between Iowa and Wisconsin and Illinois , flows approximately 140 km east. The border with Minnesota runs about 190 km north and also about 170 km south of the city is the border with Missouri .
The geographical coordinates of Walford are 41 ° 52'42 "north latitude and 91 ° 50'05" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 2.87 km² and is located in the Florence Township of Benton County and the Fairfax Township of Linn County.
Neighboring towns to Walford are Fairfax (6.7 km northeast), Swisher (15.6 km east-southeast), Oxford (26.2 km south), Amana (12.1 km south-southwest), Marengo (28.6 km southwest), Norway (9.9 km west-northwest), Blairstown (15.6 km in the same direction), Newhall (15.6 km northwest), and Atkins (15.6 km north-northwest).
Cedar Rapids city center is 12 miles northeast. The nearest other major cities are Waterloo (95.6 km northwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (288 km northeast), Rockford , Illinois (276 km east-northeast), Chicago , Illinois (376 km east), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois ( 132 km east-southeast), Iowa City (30 miles southeast), St. Louis , Missouri (462 km southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (483 km southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (177 km west-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (400 km in the same direction), Sioux City (442 km west-northwest), South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (583 km in the same direction), Rochester , Minnesota (285 km northwest), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (428 km in the same direction).
traffic
The US Highway 151 runs from west to north-east through the center of Walford. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airport is Eastern Iowa Airport at Cedar Rapids (12 km east-northeast).
population
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1960 | 264 | - | |
| 1970 | 286 | 8.3% | |
| 1980 | 285 | -0.3% | |
| 1990 | 303 | 6.3% | |
| 2000 | 1224 | 304% | |
| 2010 | 1463 | 19.5% | |
| 1960-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Walford had 1,463 people in 479 households. The population density was 509.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 3.05 people lived in each of the 479 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.
33.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 5.3 percent were 65 years or older. 48.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 96,125 USD . The per capita income was $ 29,791. 4.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Walford - Council Members. Retrieved October 17, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on October 17, 2014
- ^ State Data Center of Iowa. Retrieved October 17, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 17, 2014