Putnam township, Fayette County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Putnam township: | 4.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Putnam township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 26% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 793
- Northeast: 53
- Midwest: 586
- South: 372
- West: 208
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 879
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 18
- 10 to 19: 10
- Mobile homes: 233
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,300
Housing units in Putnam township with a mortgage: 208 (17 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 231
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (65%)
- Construction (14%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (3%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (2%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (46%)
- Health care (17%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (13%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (59%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (30%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (15%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Putnam township:
- United States or American (33.9%)
- German (15.2%)
- English (9.9%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- Italian (3.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Polish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (38%)
- France (25%)
- Japan (13%)
- Brazil (13%)
- Canada (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 550 (72%)
- Carpooled: 128 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 41 (5%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 39 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Wood (16%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.9% of residents of Putnam township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,966- In family households: 1,705 (524 male householders, 92 female householders)
556 spouses, 454 children (394 natural, 14 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 23 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 261 (119 male householders (103 living alone)), 123 female householders (116 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 64 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 375 2-persons, 100 3-persons, 101 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 219 1-person, 23 2-persons,
86 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (9 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| 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: 2
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |