Bedford township, Taylor County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Bedford township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Bedford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% 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: 1061
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 462
- South: 77
- West: 79
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $10,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
41 people in nursing homes
6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 694
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 64
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Bedford township with a mortgage: 188 (28 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 314
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Construction (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Carpenters (3%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bedford township:
- German (27.4%)
- English (16.4%)
- United States or American (16.2%)
- Irish (14.7%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
- Swedish (2.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 505 (71%)
- Carpooled: 124 (17%)
- Walked: 31 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 53 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
41 people in nursing homes
6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
98.3% of residents of Bedford township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,647- In family households: 1,344 (375 male householders, 77 female householders)
386 spouses, 467 children (435 natural, 2 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 3 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 303 (84 male householders (64 living alone)), 170 female householders (154 living alone)), 49 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 48 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 228 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 218 1-person, 31 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
275 married couples with children.
92 single-parent households (17 men, 75 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.0% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 11.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |