any race were 0.66% of the population. There were 1,212 households, out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.97. 25.7% are under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.3 males. The median income for a household in the city was $36,316, and the median income for a family was $47,105. Males had a median income of $31,750 versus $24,966 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,321. About 3.3% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over. Government The mayor of Belle Plaine is David Fish. The City Administrator is Stephen Beck. Jacki McDermott is the City Clerk. Lance Hinschberger is the Park and Rec Director. Kris Hudson is the Police Chief. Russ Spading is the Fire Chief. Education The Belle Plaine Community School District provides education services to the Belle Plaine area. The district is one of three school districts serving Benton County. Belle Plaine High School and the junior high school are co-located. Longfellow Elementary school provides pre-K through 6th grade education. Infrastructure Iowa Highway 21 passes through Belle Plaine providing north to south travel from Waterloo to Hedrick and connections with both state and US east to west highways, U.S. Highway 30 north of town and Iowa Highway 212 south of town. The railroad provides east to west freight service to the city. The city airport is located on the south side of the town. Notable people George Alexander, 28th Mayor of Los Angeles; lived several years in Belle Plaine. Marjorie Cameron, artist, occultist, actress, and wife of rocket pioneer and occultist Jack Parsons. Steve Carl, mixed martial artist. William Dana Ewart, invented and patented the linked