Fox River township, Davis County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 27.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 330 (all rural)
| Males: 169 |  (51.2%) |
| Females: 161 |  (48.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 330 (286 owner occupied, 44 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Fox River township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.6%
- Asian: 0.6%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.9%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.2%
- Two or more races: 0.9%
Median age of males: 23.8
Median age of females: 25.2
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Average household size: 3.55
| Fox River township: | 3.5 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 4.03
| Fox River township: | $45,375 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $397 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $101,785 (it was $60,900 in 2000)
| : | $101,785 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 12 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 21.0% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Paris Cemetery (1), Runkles Cemetery (2), Baptist Cemetery (3), West Union Cemetery (4), McConnell Cemetery (5), Hammans Cemetery (6), Pelly Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Rivers and creeks: Center Branch Fox River (A), North Fox Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
90% of Fox River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 92% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 240
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 177
- South: 2
- West: 1
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 76
- Mobile homes: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Fox River township with a mortgage: 1 (1 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (50%)
- Construction (24%)
- Wood products (10%)
- Food (6%)
- Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Leather and allied products (25%)
- Food and beverage stores (22%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (14%)
- Apparel (13%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (26%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (24%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (14%)
- Carpenters (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Food processing workers (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Cashiers (28%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (24%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Woodworkers (14%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fox River township:
- European (32.3%)
- German (20.5%)
- United States or American (17.9%)
- Pennsylvania German (14.4%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- Norwegian (3.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 36 (16%)
- Carpooled: 23 (10%)
- Other means: 27 (12%)
- Worked at home: 142 (62%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Wood (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Utility gas (3%)
28.4% of residents of Fox River township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
71.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (27% speak English very well, 66% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 420- In family households: 392 (63 male householders, 4 female householders)
68 spouses, 255 children (249 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 28 (3 male householders (3 living alone)), 18 female householders (8 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 5 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 11 1-person, 10 2-persons,
117 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (7 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 60
| Here: | 88.2% |
| 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% |