Liberty township, Keokuk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 356 (all rural)
| Males: 181 |  (50.8%) |
| Females: 175 |  (49.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 356 (272 owner occupied, 84 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 24% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Liberty township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.2%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 37.0
Median age of females: 35.2
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Average household size: 2.68
| Liberty township: | 2.7 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.28
| Liberty township: | $42,481 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $377 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $77,283 (it was $55,200 in 2000)
| : | $77,283 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 10 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 12.5% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 3.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Kinross.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Liberty township: Mennonite Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Church of the Brethren Cemetery (1), Vincent Cemetery (2), Walsh Cemetery (3), Watters Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Little Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
69% of Liberty township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 86% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 517
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 11
- South: 27
- West: 3
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 201
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 53
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,800
Housing units in Liberty township with a mortgage: 45 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 67
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (39%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (23%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (19%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Liberty township:
- United States or American (29.6%)
- German (29.0%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- English (9.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.7%)
- Dutch (1.1%)
- Italian (0.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 211 (76%)
- Carpooled: 40 (14%)
- Bicycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (8%)
- Worked at home: 6 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
94.5% of residents of Liberty township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (15% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 567- In family households: 519 (145 male householders, 32 female householders)
157 spouses, 160 children (141 natural, 11 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 10 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 48 (28 male householders (27 living alone)), 14 female householders (12 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 85 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 37 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 39 1-person, 2 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
96 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (2 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: 6
| Here: | 60.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |