New Hope township, Union County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 13 (70% naturalized citizens)
| New Hope township: | 13.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of New Hope township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2238
- Northeast: 51
- Midwest: 45
- South: 230
- West: 23
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 715
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 31
- 5 to 9: 9
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 355
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,200
Housing units in New Hope township with a mortgage: 208 (15 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 220
- Construction (31%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Transportation equipment (19%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (15%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (12%)
- Financial managers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in New Hope township:
- United States or American (29.5%)
- English (8.2%)
- Irish (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
- German (1.5%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
- French (except Basque) (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (93%)
- El Salvador (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 933 (71%)
- Carpooled: 215 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (2%)
- Other means: 95 (7%)
- Worked at home: 52 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (52%)
- Electricity (39%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
94.5% of residents of New Hope township speak English at home.
5.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (16% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,680- In family households: 2,362 (555 male householders, 213 female householders)
563 spouses, 837 children (769 natural, 5 adopted, 63 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 59 other relatives, 73 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 318 (106 male householders (90 living alone)), 150 female householders (128 living alone)), 62 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 330 2-persons, 190 3-persons, 157 4-persons, 62 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 218 1-person, 32 2-persons, 3 4-persons, 3 6-persons,
128 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (8 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 2.0% |
| 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: 18
| Here: | 22.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |