Perry township, Buchanan County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (43% naturalized citizens)
Perry township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 11% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 20% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 156
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 155
- South: 97
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $103,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 353
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 189
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $60,400
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 53 (0 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Truck transportation (14%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Health care (34%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Construction (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (21%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- United States or American (27.1%)
- German (17.1%)
- Irish (15.2%)
- Scottish (7.1%)
- English (5.8%)
- Polish (3.9%)
- Norwegian (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Pakistan (43%)
- Germany (29%)
- India (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 153 (94%)
- Walked: 10 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Wood (19%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.7% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 448- In family households: 359 (115 male householders, 4 female householders)
111 spouses, 122 children (122 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 89 (45 male householders (37 living alone)), 39 female householders (39 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 55 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 76 1-person, 8 2-persons,
718 married couples with children.
145 single-parent households (37 men, 108 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
Here: | 36.7% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |