Eldorado township, Benton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,240 (all rural)
| Males: 607 |  (49.0%) |
| Females: 633 |  (51.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,240 (1,012 owner occupied, 228 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 18% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Eldorado township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 38.4
Median age of females: 38.4
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Average household size: 2.60
| Eldorado township: | 2.6 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.11
| Eldorado township: | $56,430 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $452 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $134,251 (it was $85,800 in 2000)
| : | $134,251 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 35 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 31.0% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 6.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Newhall.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Prairie Lutheran Cemetery (1), Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery (2), Salem Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Mud Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
74% of Eldorado township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% 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: 338
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 5
- South: 5
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 156
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 31
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,900
Housing units in Eldorado township with a mortgage: 22 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 44
- Construction (28%)
- Truck transportation (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Food (4%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Public administration (55%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (9%)
- U. S. Postal service (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (26%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (21%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (38%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (14%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Eldorado township:
- English (8.7%)
- French (except Basque) (6.2%)
- Irish (6.2%)
- German (5.0%)
- United States or American (3.3%)
- Welsh (1.2%)
- French Canadian (0.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 96 (77%)
- Carpooled: 11 (9%)
- Walked: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 14 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Wood (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
98.5% of residents of Eldorado township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 348- In family households: 285 (65 male householders, 54 female householders)
87 spouses, 55 children (55 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 63 (20 male householders (20 living alone)), 43 female householders (43 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 86 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 63 1-person,
295 married couples with children.
51 single-parent households (19 men, 32 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 20.0% |
| 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% |