Baker township, Guthrie County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 206 (all rural)
| Males: 107 |  (51.9%) |
| Females: 99 |  (48.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 206 (176 owner occupied, 30 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Baker township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.1%
- Asian: 0.5%
- Two or more races: 1.5%
Median age of males: 47.7
Median age of females: 47.2
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Average household size: 2.42
| Baker township: | 2.4 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.63
| Baker township: | $50,986 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $389 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $99,131 (it was $67,200 in 2000)
| : | $99,131 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 4.9% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Bear Grove Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Lone Grove Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Baker township: Seeley Creek Timber (1). Display/hide its location on the map
95% of Baker township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 13% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 160
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 19
- South: 0
- West: 3
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 84
- Mobile homes: 3
Housing units in Baker township with a mortgage: 10 (0 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2
- Construction (17%)
- Health care (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Baker township:
- German (35.5%)
- English (25.0%)
- United States or American (13.7%)
- Danish (9.7%)
- Norwegian (8.1%)
- Swedish (4.8%)
- Irish (3.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 69 (61%)
- Carpooled: 27 (24%)
- Walked: 5 (4%)
- Worked at home: 13 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (64%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Utility gas (3%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 182- In family households: 173 (60 male householders, 10 female householders)
61 spouses, 38 children (38 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 9 (7 male householders (7 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 43 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 9 1-person,
34 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (1 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 100.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |