were 691 households, out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.83. 25.2% are under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $31,713, and the median income for a family was $37,284. Males had a median income of $27,969 versus $20,547 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,031. About 5.7% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.3% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over. Education Nashua-Plainfield Community School District operates area public schools. It was established on July 1, 1997, by the merger of the Nashua and Plainfield school districts. It operates the following schools: Nashua-Plainfield Jr./Sr. High School Nashua-Plainfield Intermediate School in Plainfield Nashua-Plainfield Elementalary School Notable people Waldo Flint (1820–1900), politician A. J. Hinch (1974- ), American baseball catcher, former manager of the Houston Astros Charlton Laird (1901–1984), American linguist, created the 1971 Webster's New World Thesaurus and autobiography of Walter Clark Kent Taylor (1907–1987), American actor References External links City of Nashua Nashua-Plainfield Schools City-Data Comprehensive Statistical Data and more about Nashua Cities in Chickasaw County, Iowa Cities in Floyd County, Iowa Cities in Iowa