Black Hawk township, Grundy County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (83% naturalized citizens)
Black Hawk township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Black Hawk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1007
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 156
- South: 125
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
49 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 436
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 29
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 13
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 110
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Black Hawk township with a mortgage: 157 (16 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 119
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Black Hawk township:
- United States or American (36.1%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- English (11.3%)
- German (5.1%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
- European (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Mexico (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 456 (87%)
- Carpooled: 52 (10%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 13 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (5%)
49 people in nursing homes
97.9% of residents of Black Hawk township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,352- In family households: 1,178 (325 male householders, 65 female householders)
349 spouses, 389 children (323 natural, 14 adopted, 52 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 9 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 174 (55 male householders (47 living alone)), 103 female householders (98 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 162 2-persons, 123 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 145 1-person, 11 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
411 married couples with children.
65 single-parent households (19 men, 46 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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |