Hartley township, O'Brien County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 34.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 2,003 (all rural)
| Males: 945 |  (47.2%) |
| Females: 1,058 |  (52.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,925 (1,523 owner occupied, 402 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 21% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Hartley township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 93.7%
- Black: 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.0%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.9%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 39.6
Median age of females: 42.1
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Average household size: 2.38
| Hartley township: | 2.4 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.98
| Hartley township: | $48,544 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $401 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $94,945 (it was $59,300 in 2000)
| : | $94,945 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $121,253
Here: $121,253 State: $159,697
Townhouses or other attached units: $143,526
Here: $143,526 State: $193,868
In 2-unit structures: $124,391
Here: $124,391 State: $120,896
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $62,217
Here: $62,217 State: $122,004
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $170,607
Here: $170,607 State: $118,952
Mobile homes: $25,960
Here: $25,960 State: $46,008
| Population density: 57 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 11.2% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 5.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Hartley.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Bruegmann Rea Access (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Hartley township: United Methodist Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
74% of Hartley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 8% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 626
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 23
- South: 124
- West: 14
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
78 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 205
- Mobile homes: 135
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,100
Housing units in Hartley township with a mortgage: 33 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 44
- Construction (25%)
- Chemicals (13%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Paper (5%)
- Health care (15%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Plant and system operators (14%)
- Electricians (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hartley township:
- Irish (32.3%)
- United States or American (18.1%)
- English (15.2%)
- German (11.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 346 (88%)
- Carpooled: 35 (9%)
- Other means: 6 (2%)
- Worked at home: 7 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Wood (2%)
78 people in nursing homes
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 797- In family households: 730 (210 male householders, 27 female householders)
193 spouses, 271 children (252 natural, 3 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 0 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 67 (43 male householders (43 living alone)), 24 female householders (24 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 73 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 67 1-person,
410 married couples with children.
93 single-parent households (24 men, 69 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 14.0% |
| 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% |