Fairview township, Allamakee County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 45 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Fairview township: | 45.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Fairview township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9208
- Northeast: 183
- Midwest: 589
- South: 1320
- West: 567
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
60 people in other types of correctional institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,459
- One, attached: 68
- Two: 201
- 3 or 4: 166
- 5 to 9: 152
- 10 to 19: 27
- 20 to 49: 89
- 50 or more: 15
- Mobile homes: 452
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,600
Housing units in Fairview township with a mortgage: 1,437 (100 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,556
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairview township:
- United States or American (32.0%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- German (6.8%)
- English (5.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.3%)
- French (except Basque) (1.2%)
- Dutch (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (27%)
- Mexico (26%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Germany (12%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (3%)
- Other South America (3%)
- Other Northern Europe (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,108 (84%)
- Carpooled: 511 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 18 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 62 (1%)
- Other means: 62 (1%)
- Worked at home: 95 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
60 people in other types of correctional institutions
97.4% of residents of Fairview township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,737- In family households: 9,917 (2,565 male householders, 793 female householders)
2,523 spouses, 3,276 children (2,820 natural, 67 adopted, 389 stepchildren), 281 grandchildren, 71 brothers or sisters, 60 parents, 158 other relatives, 190 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,820 (656 male householders (593 living alone)), 1,017 female householders (952 living alone)), 147 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 295 (250 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,577 2-persons, 855 3-persons, 567 4-persons, 251 5-persons, 66 6-persons, 42 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,545 1-person, 120 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
36 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (2 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 35
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |