Newell township, Buena Vista County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Newell township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Newell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 951
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 108
- South: 20
- West: 54
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
49 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 467
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $60,000
Housing units in Newell township with a mortgage: 190 (2 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 123
- Food (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Warehousing and storage (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Food processing workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Newell township:
- German (41.9%)
- United States or American (10.3%)
- Danish (10.2%)
- English (7.0%)
- Norwegian (5.9%)
- Irish (5.2%)
- Swedish (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (57%)
- Laos (21%)
- Germany (7%)
- Thailand (7%)
- Canada (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 356 (73%)
- Carpooled: 47 (10%)
- Bicycle: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 46 (9%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 31 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
49 people in nursing homes
95.6% of residents of Newell township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (25% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,119- In family households: 987 (272 male householders, 36 female householders)
272 spouses, 367 children (332 natural, 0 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 9 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 132 (65 male householders (60 living alone)), 60 female householders (57 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 49 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 131 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 79 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 117 1-person, 8 2-persons,
242 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (15 men, 44 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.5% |
| 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: 1
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |