Iowa Colony, Texas

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Iowa Colony is a village in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 804 at the 2000 census.

Iowa Colony is also known as a major speed trap along State Highway 288, as it has five short areas (fingers) of its city limits that cross over 288. This allows the Iowa Colony Police to consider speeders crossing through these fingers as ticketable.

Actually Iowa Colony has not had an independent police department in about 10 years. It has been patrolled by the Brazoria County Sherriff's Office.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Education
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Iowa Colony is located at 29°26′35″N, 95°24′56″W (29.442963, -95.415607)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 14.9 km² (5.8 mi²). 14.9 km² (5.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.17% is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 804 people, 279 households, and 219 families residing in the village. The population density was 53.9/km² (139.7/mi²). There were 302 housing units at an average density of 20.2/km² (52.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 73.01% White, 6.72% African American, 0.12% Native American, 7.34% Asian, 11.19% from other races, and 1.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 25.12% of the population.

There were 279 households out of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.2% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.5% were non-families. 19.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.29.

In the village the population was spread out with 28.0% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $47,019, and the median income for a family was $50,000. Males had a median income of $40,313 versus $28,500 for females. The per capita income for the village was $18,935. About 6.6% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.7% of those under age 18 and 15.2% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Education

Students in Iowa Colony attend schools in the Alvin Independent School District.

Alvin High School served all Iowa Colony residents until Fall 2006, when Manvel High School opened to immediately accept 9th and 10th grades and phase in 11th and 12th grades in two years.

Additionally, Alvin Community College provides basic undergraduate courses and adult education.