Polk township, Wapello County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 32.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 608 (all rural)
| Males: 313 |  (51.5%) |
| Females: 295 |  (48.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 608 (560 owner occupied, 48 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 8% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Polk township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- Black: 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 38.5
Median age of females: 38.8
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Average household size: 2.73
| Polk township: | 2.7 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.94
| Polk township: | $40,946 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $463 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $80,448 (it was $51,600 in 2000)
| : | $80,448 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 19 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 12.7% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 6.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Bidwell (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Polk township include: Christianburg Church (A), Pleasant Home Church (B), Munterville Lutheran Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Brooks Cemetery (1), Chisman Cemetery (2), Smith Cemetery (3), Little Chisman Cemetery (4), Munterville Cemetery (5), Bowen Cemetery (6), Daggett Grave (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
58% of Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 95% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 762
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 24
- South: 82
- West: 35
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 195
- Mobile homes: 129
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Polk township with a mortgage: 63 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 49
- Construction (17%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Paper (9%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (17%)
- Health care (11%)
- Apparel (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (18%)
- Other financial specialists (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polk township:
- United States or American (23.6%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- English (5.7%)
- German (5.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
- French (except Basque) (1.4%)
- Scottish (1.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 326 (84%)
- Carpooled: 60 (15%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (58%)
- Electricity (37%)
- Wood (5%)
99.6% of residents of Polk township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 907- In family households: 832 (198 male householders, 69 female householders)
196 spouses, 241 children (224 natural, 4 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 88 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 33 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 75 (40 male householders (33 living alone)), 25 female householders (25 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 102 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 18 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 58 1-person, 4 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
114 married couples with children.
25 single-parent households (13 men, 12 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |