Buffalo township, Kossuth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Buffalo township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Buffalo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 234
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 12
- South: 194
- West: 26
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
32 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 183
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,900
Housing units in Buffalo township with a mortgage: 36 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 34
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Construction (9%)
- Food (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (15%)
- Food (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (19%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (15%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buffalo township:
- United States or American (29.6%)
- English (13.6%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- German (8.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.2%)
- French (except Basque) (4.9%)
- Scottish (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (43%)
- Germany (29%)
- Mexico (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 232 (80%)
- Carpooled: 42 (15%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 12 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (31%)
- Utility gas (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Wood (11%)
32 people in nursing homes
96.5% of residents of Buffalo township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well, 29% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 488- In family households: 448 (150 male householders, 12 female householders)
145 spouses, 131 children (117 natural, 6 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 40 (23 male householders (18 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 69 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person, 5 2-persons,
166 married couples with children.
19 single-parent households (3 men, 16 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% |