Calamus (Iowa)

Clinton County

19-09820

Calamus 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 Calamus had 439 inhabitants.

Geography

Calamus is located at 41 ° 49'33 " north latitude and 90 ° 45'30 " west longitude and extending over 1.25 km ². The town is located 4.9 km east of the Wapsipinicon River, a right tributary of the Mississippi. This is some 45 km to the east and forms the border with Illinois. The Wisconsin border runs approximately 85 km to the north. Calamus is the center of Olive Township in the southwest of Clinton County.

Towns nearby Calamus are Wheatland (8 miles west) and Grand Mound ( 11 km east ),

The nearest large towns are Dubuque ( 87.7 km to the north), Rockford, Illinois (190 km ENE ), the Quad Cities (51.5 km southwest) and Cedar Rapids ( 85.6 km WNW ).

Traffic

By Calamus leads in west-east direction of the U.S. Highway 30 All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved driveways and local roads.

Parallel to Highway 30 runs a railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad.

The nearest airports are the 29.8 km northerly Maquoketa Municipal Airport and 39.8 kilometers east preferred Clinton Municipal Airport; the nearest large airport is located 58.8 km southeast Quad City International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Calamus 439 people in 175 households. The population density was 351.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 175 households lived statistically 2.51 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 95.9 percent White, 0.2 percent Native American, and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

26.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 51,875. The per capita income was $ 29,567. 1.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.