Welton (Iowa)

Clinton County

19-83370

Welton is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Clinton County in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. In 2010, Welton had 165 inhabitants.

Geography

Welton is located in the center of Clinton County at 41 ° 54'29 " north latitude and 90 ° 35'43 " west longitude and extending over 0.71 km ². The place is located about 35 km west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois. The border with Wisconsin is located about 70 km north. Welton is the only independent municipality in Welton Township.

Towns nearby Welton are Delmar (10,9 km to the north ), Charlotte (16,6 km northeast), DeWitt ( 12.3 km SSE ), Grand Mound ( 14.2 km SSW ) and Maquoketa ( 20.3 km NNW ).

The nearest large towns are Dubuque ( 70.7 km to the north), Rockford, Illinois (171 km ENE ), the Quad Cities (44,3 km south) and Cedar Rapids (111 miles west).

Traffic

The eastern ring road of Welton forms of U.S. Highway 61 All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved driveways and local roads.

The nearest airport is located 25.6 km north west Maquoketa Municipal Airport; the nearest major airport is 56.8 kilometers south to Quad City International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Welton 165 people in 61 households. The population density was 232.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 61 households lived statistically 2.7 persons each.

The racial the population was composed of 96.4 percent White; 3.6 percent ( six people) descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.6 percent of the population (one person) Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.7 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 56,458. The per capita income was $ 19,666. 8.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.