Big Grove township, Benton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Big Grove township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Big Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 996
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 98
- South: 95
- West: 51
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $63,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 317
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 15
- Mobile homes: 153
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,800
Housing units in Big Grove township with a mortgage: 107 (14 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 76
- Paper (18%)
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Big Grove township:
- United States or American (23.8%)
- Irish (17.4%)
- German (15.9%)
- English (11.0%)
- French (except Basque) (6.4%)
- Italian (2.1%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 500 (82%)
- Carpooled: 68 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (41%)
- Utility gas (40%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (5%)
97.2% of residents of Big Grove township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,262- In family households: 1,142 (315 male householders, 68 female householders)
300 spouses, 396 children (349 natural, 11 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 16 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 120 (57 male householders (43 living alone)), 53 female householders (51 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 154 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 85 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 94 1-person, 16 2-persons,
46 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (0 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 13.5% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 15.2% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 20.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |