Madison township, Polk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 11.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 2,482 (all rural)
| Males: 1,237 |  (49.8%) |
| Females: 1,245 |  (50.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,420 (2,061 owner occupied, 359 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Madison township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.9%
- Black: 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 34.3
Median age of females: 34.9
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Average household size: 2.77
| Madison township: | 2.8 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.14
| Madison township: | $59,328 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $688 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $156,600 (it was $100,100 in 2000)
| : | $156,600 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $185,794
Here: $185,794 State: $159,697
Townhouses or other attached units: $273,530
Here: $273,530 State: $193,868
In 2-unit structures: $129,213
Here: $129,213 State: $120,896
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $193,499
Here: $193,499 State: $122,004
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $120,575
Here: $120,575 State: $118,952
Mobile homes: $21,166
Here: $21,166 State: $46,008
| Population density: 210 people per square mile | (high). |
| This township: | 14.8% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 3.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Ulm (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Polk City Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Madison township: Big Creek State Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
64% of Madison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 547
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 16
- South: 62
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $51,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
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
62 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 207
- Mobile homes: 84
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,700
Housing units in Madison township with a mortgage: 66 (7 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- U. S. Postal service (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Finance and insurance (23%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other financial specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Madison township:
- United States or American (39.3%)
- German (14.6%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- English (8.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.9%)
- Welsh (2.2%)
- European (2.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 242 (79%)
- Carpooled: 57 (19%)
- Worked at home: 8 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (6%)
62 people in nursing homes
99.1% of residents of Madison township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 684- In family households: 610 (182 male householders, 34 female householders)
180 spouses, 186 children (157 natural, 11 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 5 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 74 (21 male householders (19 living alone)), 41 female householders (34 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 97 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 53 1-person, 5 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
604 married couples with children.
79 single-parent households (20 men, 59 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 5.3% |
| 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: | 14.8% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |