Windsor Heights, Iowa
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Location in Iowa | |
Basic data | |
Foundation : | 1941 |
State : | United States |
State : | Iowa |
County : | Polk County |
Coordinates : | 41 ° 36 ′ N , 93 ° 42 ′ W |
Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
4,860 (status: 2010) 599,789 (status: 2013) |
Population density : | 1,331.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 3.65 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
Height : | 263 m |
Postal code : | 50311 |
Area code : | +1 515 |
FIPS : | 19-86250 |
GNIS ID : | 463128 |
Website : | www.windsorheights.org |
Mayor : | Diana Willits |
Windsor Heights is a city (with the status " City ") in Polk County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Windsor Heights had 4,860 residents, which increased to 4,891 by 2013.
Windsor Heights is part of the metropolitan area around Iowa's capital Des Moines .
geography
Windsor Heights is located in the western center of Iowa, on the western city limits of Des Moines. The south of the urban area is traversed by Walnut Creek , which belongs to the Mississippi river basin via the Raccoon River and the Des Moines River .
The geographical coordinates of Windsor Heights are 41 ° 35'52 "north latitude and 93 ° 42'30" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 3.65 km² and is located in the Walnut Township .
Neighboring towns to Windsor Heights are Urbandale (on the northern city limits), Des Moines (on the eastern city limits), West Des Moines (on the southern and southwestern city limits) and Clive (on the western city limits).
Des Moines city center is 9 km to the east. The closest other larger cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (401 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (347 km northeast), Waterloo (185 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (195 km east-northeast), Iowa City (192 km east), Kansas City , Missouri (304 km south-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (216 km west-southwest), Sioux City (294 km west-northwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (431 km northwest).
traffic
The Interstate Highway 235 , which forms the western arterial road of Des Moines, through the south of Windsor Heights. In the north, the urban area is bounded by US Highway 6 , which has also been converted into a freeway . Iowa State Highway 28 forms the eastern boundary of the Windsor Heights metropolitan area . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airport is Des Moines International Airport, 16 km south-southeast .
population
Population development | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1950 | 1414 | - | |
1960 | 4715 | 233.5% | |
1970 | 6303 | 33.7% | |
1980 | 5474 | -13.2% | |
1990 | 5190 | -5.2% | |
2000 | 4805 | -7.4% | |
2010 | 4860 | 1.1% | |
2013 estimate | 4891 | 0.6% | |
1950-2000 2010-2013 |
According to the 2010 census , Windsor Heights had 4,860 people in 2,167 households. The population density was 1,331.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.24 people lived in each of the 2167 households.
The racial the population was composed of 91.1 percent white, 3.5 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 2.4 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 1.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.7 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
19.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 65,816 USD . The per capita income was $ 31,977. 7.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Business Record - Metro population Expands West - Census Bureau Retrieved on November 9, 2014
- ^ Windsor Heights City Government. Retrieved November 9, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 9, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 9, 2014
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved November 9, 2014