Buena Vista township, Jasper County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (79% naturalized citizens)
| Buena Vista township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Buena Vista township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2440
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 292
- South: 240
- West: 97
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Buena Vista township, Iowa:
- 37 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,155
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 42
- 3 or 4: 58
- 5 to 9: 33
- 10 to 19: 3
- 20 to 49: 8
- Mobile homes: 41
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Buena Vista township with a mortgage: 465 (10 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 282
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Public administration (17%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (13%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other financial specialists (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (10%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Financial managers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buena Vista township:
- United States or American (49.7%)
- Irish (12.0%)
- English (5.6%)
- German (5.4%)
- Italian (2.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
- Scottish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (47%)
- Brazil (21%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (16%)
- Mexico (16%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 987 (81%)
- Carpooled: 175 (14%)
- Walked: 26 (2%)
- Other means: 25 (2%)
- Worked at home: 4 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (83%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
People in group quarters in Buena Vista township, Iowa:
- 37 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.8% of residents of Buena Vista township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 69% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,106- In family households: 2,693 (662 male householders, 220 female householders)
665 spouses, 1,010 children (899 natural, 8 adopted, 103 stepchildren), 41 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 25 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 413 (118 male householders (98 living alone)), 230 female householders (205 living alone)), 65 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 337 2-persons, 257 3-persons, 208 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 303 1-person, 35 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
173 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (4 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 2.5% |
| 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: 14
| Here: | 20.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |