Larchwood township, Lyon County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 27.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,260 (all rural)
| Males: 611 |  (48.5%) |
| Females: 649 |  (51.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,259 (1,132 owner occupied, 127 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Larchwood township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 37.0
Median age of females: 37.6
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Average household size: 2.54
| Larchwood township: | 2.5 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.03
| Larchwood township: | $52,540 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $396 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $107,911 (it was $68,600 in 2000)
| : | $107,911 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 46 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 27.5% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 15.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Larchwood, Lester.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Larchwood township: B and G Farm (A), Summit Farm (B), Crestview Farm (C), Streamside Farms (D), Heyer Farms (E), E and W Farms (F), Idlenot Legacy Farms (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Hillside Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
68% of Larchwood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 253
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 40
- South: 24
- West: 1
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 131
- One, attached: 5
- Mobile homes: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Larchwood township with a mortgage: 25 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 66
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Construction (20%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (11%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Health care (16%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electricians (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Larchwood township:
- United States or American (58.4%)
- Irish (15.4%)
- French (except Basque) (8.7%)
- German (8.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 88 (69%)
- Carpooled: 30 (23%)
- Worked at home: 10 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (9%)
97.8% of residents of Larchwood township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 324- In family households: 278 (77 male householders, 29 female householders)
77 spouses, 75 children (68 natural, 0 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 3 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 46 (13 male householders (13 living alone)), 33 female householders (33 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 69 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 46 1-person,
275 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (10 men, 29 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |