Butler township, Calhoun County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Butler township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Butler township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 858
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 63
- South: 11
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
43 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 424
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 11
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,600
Housing units in Butler township with a mortgage: 101 (12 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 175
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (31%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Butler township:
- German (54.3%)
- Swedish (10.1%)
- English (9.0%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- Norwegian (3.1%)
- Czech (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Australia (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 292 (77%)
- Carpooled: 46 (12%)
- Walked: 18 (5%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 20 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (61%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Utility gas (5%)
43 people in nursing homes
97.6% of residents of Butler township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 909- In family households: 713 (222 male householders, 30 female householders)
208 spouses, 235 children (216 natural, 12 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 2 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 196 (77 male householders (72 living alone)), 114 female householders (114 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 43 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 128 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 37 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 186 1-person, 5 2-persons,
159 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (4 men, 31 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 2.0% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |