Boyer township, Harrison County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (22% naturalized citizens)
Boyer township: | 5.5% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
50% of Boyer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1286
- Northeast: 45
- Midwest: 190
- South: 228
- West: 140
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $35,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
74 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 509
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 301
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 36
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,300
Housing units in Boyer township with a mortgage: 94 (20 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 156
- Construction (16%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Boyer township:
- United States or American (24.9%)
- Irish (15.0%)
- English (13.2%)
- German (7.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.4%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (72%)
- Germany (11%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 591 (65%)
- Carpooled: 247 (27%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 37 (4%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
74 people in nursing homes
95.4% of residents of Boyer township speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 56% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,961- In family households: 1,774 (503 male householders, 102 female householders)
518 spouses, 578 children (536 natural, 13 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 45 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 16 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 187 (77 male householders (71 living alone)), 104 female householders (104 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 33 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 294 2-persons, 139 3-persons, 110 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 175 1-person, 6 2-persons,
366 married couples with children.
82 single-parent households (15 men, 67 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
Here: | 13.2% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 5.9% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
Here: | 21.1% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |