Iowa township, Benton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 32.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 423 (all rural)
| Males: 226 |  (53.4%) |
| Females: 197 |  (46.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 423 (338 owner occupied, 85 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 20% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Iowa township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.1%
- Asian: 0.2%
Median age of males: 40.5
Median age of females: 40.1
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Average household size: 2.69
| Iowa township: | 2.7 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.89
| Iowa township: | $56,430 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $452 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $134,251 (it was $85,800 in 2000)
| : | $134,251 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 13 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 7.8% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 4.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Buckeye (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Iowa township: Faith Baptist Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Beal Cemetery (1), Wright Cemetery (2), Lutheran Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Salt Creek (A), Willow Brook (B), Walnut Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
79% of Iowa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% 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: 455
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 6
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 165
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,700
Housing units in Iowa township with a mortgage: 60 (0 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 22
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Rail transportation (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Gasoline stations (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (21%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (18%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Other transportation workers (7%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (15%)
- Cashiers (13%)
- Child care workers (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Iowa township:
- German (38.6%)
- Czech (10.3%)
- United States or American (9.1%)
- Czechoslovakian (7.3%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
- Italian (3.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 186 (64%)
- Carpooled: 53 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (3%)
- Walked: 15 (5%)
- Worked at home: 27 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Utility gas (12%)
- Wood (11%)
- Electricity (7%)
99.6% of residents of Iowa township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 461- In family households: 431 (141 male householders, 0 female householders)
121 spouses, 161 children (161 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 30 (21 male householders (21 living alone)), 9 female householders (9 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 70 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 17 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person,
82 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (7 men, 6 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: 4
| Here: | 66.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |