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Population (year 2000): 980. Estimated
population in July 2005: 961 (-1.9% change)
Males: 449 (45.8%), Females: 531 (54.2%)
Lee
County
Zip code:
52656
Median resident age: 44.4 years
Median household income: $38,409 (year 2000)
Median house value: $79,000 (year 2000)
Races in West Point:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.5%)
- Hispanic (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (54.5%), United States
(11.8%), Irish (11.1%), English (4.0%), French (2.3%), Dutch
(1.4%).
Elevation: 775 feet
Land area: 0.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Point
- High school or higher: 81.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
- Unemployed: 2.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Point city
- Never married: 18.7%
- Now married: 57.4%
- Separated: 0.1%
- Widowed: 15.3%
- Divorced: 8.4%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -165 (-14.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near West Point:
- FORT MADISON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 10 miles;
FORT MADISON, IA)
- HENRY COUNTY HEALTH CENTER (about 20 miles; MOUNT
PLEASANT, IA)
- MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE (about 20 miles; MOUNT
PLEASANT, IA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Point:
- SOUTHEAST IOWA REGIONAL (about 24 miles; BURLINGTON,
IA; ID: BRL)
- QUINCY REGIONAL-BALDWIN FIELD (about 57 miles;
QUINCY, IL; ID: UIN)
- OTTUMWA INDUSTRIAL (about 73 miles; OTTUMWA, IA; ID:
OTM)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Point:
- FORT MADISON MUNI (about 11 miles; FORT MADISON, IA;
ID: FSW)
- MOUNT PLEASANT MUNI (about 16 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT,
IA; ID: MPZ)
- KEOKUK MUNI (about 19 miles; KEOKUK, IA; ID: EOK)
Amtrak stations near West Point:
- 11 miles: FORT MADISON (1601 20TH ST.). Services:
ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for car rental service.
- 19 miles: MOUNT PLEASANT (418 N. ADAMS ST.).
Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, vending machines, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
West Point:
- WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles; MACOMB,
IL; Full-time enrollment: 11,096)
- UNIVERSITY OF IOWA (about 66 miles; IOWA CITY, IA;
FT enrollment: 24,766)
- INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 71 miles;
OTTUMWA, IA; FT enrollment: 2,744)
- AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (about 81 miles; ROCK ISLAND, IL;
FT enrollment: 2,220)
- EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (about 83
miles; DAVENPORT, IA; FT enrollment: 4,180)
- SAINT AMBROSE UNIVERSITY (about 84 miles; DAVENPORT,
IA; FT enrollment: 2,310)
- BLACK HAWK COLLEGE (about 85 miles; MOLINE, IL; FT
enrollment: 3,891)
Private high school in West Point:
- MARQUETTE JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 343;
Location: PO BOX 39 413 AVENUE C; Grades: PK - 12)
Library in West Point:
- WEST POINT PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$54,204; Location: 311 AVENUE D; 8,157 books; 439 audio
materials; 620 video materials; 68 serial subscriptions)
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