Beaver township, Dallas County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (63% naturalized citizens)
Beaver township: | 1.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Beaver township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 962
- Northeast: 116
- Midwest: 93
- South: 262
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $155,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 706
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 213
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,000
Housing units in Beaver township with a mortgage: 176 (10 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 111
- Construction (21%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Paper (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Beaver township:
- United States or American (29.8%)
- English (17.7%)
- Irish (16.2%)
- German (10.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- Italian (2.1%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (63%)
- Germany (38%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 544 (80%)
- Carpooled: 87 (13%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 36 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (47%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (14%)
- Utility gas (2%)
97.6% of residents of Beaver township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (32% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 42% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,465- In family households: 1,250 (401 male householders, 67 female householders)
388 spouses, 335 children (300 natural, 8 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 3 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 215 (78 male householders (43 living alone)), 75 female householders (67 living alone)), 62 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 281 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 89 4-persons, 24 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person, 37 2-persons, 6 5-persons,
100 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (7 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 5.1% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |