Farmington township, Van Buren County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 23.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.6 sq. mi.
Population: 996 (all rural)
| Males: 474 |  (47.6%) |
| Females: 522 |  (52.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 996 (766 owner occupied, 230 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 23% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Farmington township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 40.1
Median age of females: 40.3
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Average household size: 2.34
| Farmington township: | 2.3 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.00
| Farmington township: | $43,503 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $314 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $71,158 (it was $49,100 in 2000)
| : | $71,158 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 43 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 13.6% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Farmington.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Alfrey Cemetery (1), Boyer Cemetery (2), Preen Cemetery (3), Rhodes Cemetery (4), Steinmeyer Cemetery (5), Dulin Cemetery (6), Farmington Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Indian Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Big Indian Creek (A), White Oak Creek (B), Little Rollins Creek (C), Little Indian Creek (D), Flatrock Creek (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Farmington township include: White Timber Area (1), Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Farmington Unit (2), Indian Lake Park (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
52% of Farmington 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, 26% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 539
- Northeast: 129
- Midwest: 64
- South: 227
- West: 34
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $237,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 446
- Mobile homes: 114
Median worth of mobile homes: $49,200
Housing units in Farmington township with a mortgage: 103 (16 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 152
- Construction (28%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Paper (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Extraction workers (10%)
- Painters and paperhangers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Financial managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Farmington township:
- United States or American (34.0%)
- English (17.5%)
- Irish (13.6%)
- German (8.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.0%)
- Dutch (3.7%)
- Swiss (2.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 410 (82%)
- Carpooled: 54 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (56%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (11%)
99.5% of residents of Farmington township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,000- In family households: 856 (264 male householders, 39 female householders)
268 spouses, 232 children (212 natural, 0 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 23 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 144 (43 male householders (35 living alone)), 88 female householders (83 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 136 2-persons, 97 3-persons, 59 4-persons, 11 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 118 1-person, 13 2-persons,
186 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (19 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 14.6% |
| 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% |