Buffalo township, Winnebago County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (41% naturalized citizens)
| Buffalo township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Buffalo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 907
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 210
- South: 10
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
57 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 525
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 17
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Buffalo township with a mortgage: 142 (6 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 226
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buffalo township:
- German (55.3%)
- Norwegian (19.0%)
- Irish (4.4%)
- English (4.1%)
- United States or American (3.8%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
- Danish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- El Salvador (56%)
- Germany (33%)
- Korea (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 375 (72%)
- Carpooled: 64 (12%)
- Walked: 45 (9%)
- Worked at home: 38 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Utility gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (10%)
57 people in nursing homes
96.7% of residents of Buffalo township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,139- In family households: 952 (305 male householders, 39 female householders)
303 spouses, 290 children (247 natural, 11 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 187 (70 male householders (64 living alone)), 103 female householders (101 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 56 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 209 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 165 1-person, 4 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
213 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (7 men, 28 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): 1
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |