Madison township, Buchanan County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 768 (all rural)
Males: 388 | (50.5%) |
Females: 380 | (49.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 768 (568 owner occupied, 200 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 26% |
State: | 28% |
Races in Madison township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.6%
- Black: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 38.1
Median age of females: 40.0
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Average household size: 2.41
Madison township: | 2.4 people |
Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.97
Madison township: | $56,528 |
Iowa: | $52,229 |
Here: | $476 |
State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $124,756 (it was $76,200 in 2000)
: | $124,756 |
Iowa: | $126,900 |
Population density: 21 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 9.0% |
Whole state: | 9.1% |
This township: | 5.5% |
Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Lamont.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Campton (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Campton Cemetery (1), Madison Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Lamont Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
70% of Madison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 653
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 45
- South: 12
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $18,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 286
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Madison township with a mortgage: 87 (14 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 78
- Construction (27%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Food (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Health care (27%)
- Computer and electronic products (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (20%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (16%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Madison township:
- German (42.9%)
- United States or American (18.7%)
- English (8.4%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- Scottish (5.3%)
- Norwegian (3.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 269 (78%)
- Carpooled: 49 (14%)
- Bicycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 12 (3%)
- Worked at home: 13 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- Electricity (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
98.4% of residents of Madison township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 721- In family households: 611 (153 male householders, 43 female householders)
166 spouses, 240 children (226 natural, 4 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 110 (52 male householders (45 living alone)), 53 female householders (52 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 86 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 97 1-person, 8 2-persons,
152 married couples with children.
41 single-parent households (5 men, 36 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): 1
Here: | 1.3% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
Here: | 4.8% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |