West Union (Iowa)
Fayette County
19-84765
Western Union is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Fayette County in the northeast of the U.S. state of Iowa. In 2010, Western Union had 2486 inhabitants.
Geography
West Union is located at 42 ° 58 'N, 91 ° 48' W42.962777777778 - 91.808333333333 and extends over 7 km ². The village is located about 60 kilometers west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Wisconsin. The border with Minnesota is located about 65 km north.
Towns nearby West Union Eldorado (11,2 km to the north ), Clermont (14,9 km northeast), Elgin (15,8 km east), Fayette (15 km south), Donnan (12,4 km southwest) and Hawkeye (14,6 km west-southwest ).
The nearest large towns are the Quad Cities (260 km southeast), Cedar Rapids (129 km south), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (272 km southwest), Rochester, Minnesota (157 km north-northwest ) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (232 km east).
Traffic
Through the town center runs in east-west direction of the U.S. Highway 18 where it crosses the Iowa Highway 150. In the south of the urban area branches at the western end of Iowa Highway 56 in a southeasterly direction. All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
By George L. Scott Municipal Airport is located on the northeastern outskirts of a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids (142 km south) and the Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque at the junction of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (147 km southeast).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in West Union in 2486 people in 1106 households. The population density was 355.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1106 households lived statistically 2.12 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.4 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 40,769. The per capita income was $ 21,479. 12.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.