Independence township, Appanoose County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 34 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Independence township: | 33.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Independence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5188
- Northeast: 225
- Midwest: 100
- South: 468
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,393
- One, attached: 38
- Two: 70
- 3 or 4: 101
- 5 to 9: 51
- 10 to 19: 30
- 20 to 49: 3
- 50 or more: 24
- Mobile homes: 693
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,900
Housing units in Independence township with a mortgage: 521 (71 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 425
- Construction (17%)
- Textile mills and textile products (13%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Textile mills and textile products (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Independence township:
- United States or American (5.2%)
- English (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.4%)
- Irish (1.2%)
- German (0.6%)
- Scottish (0.5%)
- Sierra Leonean (0.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Trinidad and Tobago (24%)
- India (20%)
- Sierra Leone (15%)
- Philippines (13%)
- Mexico (11%)
- Germany (5%)
- Nigeria (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,550 (73%)
- Carpooled: 461 (22%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 28 (1%)
- Other means: 41 (2%)
- Worked at home: 44 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
95.2% of residents of Independence township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,112- In family households: 5,517 (854 male householders, 812 female householders)
929 spouses, 2,133 children (2,018 natural, 49 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 363 grandchildren, 94 brothers or sisters, 73 parents, 137 other relatives, 122 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 595 (279 male householders (241 living alone)), 241 female householders (215 living alone)), 75 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 28 (14 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 628 2-persons, 415 3-persons, 337 4-persons, 160 5-persons, 66 6-persons, 60 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 456 1-person, 58 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
35 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (3 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 22
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |