Bingham township, Hancock County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Bingham township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Bingham township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1379
- Northeast: 55
- Midwest: 513
- South: 358
- West: 192
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 912
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 53
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 45
- 10 to 19: 6
- 20 to 49: 25
- Mobile homes: 163
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,800
Housing units in Bingham township with a mortgage: 229 (7 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 214
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Transportation equipment (21%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bingham township:
- United States or American (39.0%)
- German (13.8%)
- English (12.3%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
- Italian (1.5%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (58%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Canada (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 762 (80%)
- Carpooled: 107 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 40 (4%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Wood (13%)
- Utility gas (4%)
98.9% of residents of Bingham township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,436- In family households: 2,062 (545 male householders, 149 female householders)
571 spouses, 665 children (580 natural, 26 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 42 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 20 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 374 (142 male householders (127 living alone)), 214 female householders (209 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 88 (78 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 347 2-persons, 155 3-persons, 120 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 336 1-person, 20 2-persons,
128 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (7 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 3.1% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 12.4% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |