Sharon township, Audubon County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 639 (all rural)
| Males: 316 |  (49.5%) |
| Females: 323 |  (50.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 639 (508 owner occupied, 131 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 21% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Sharon township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
Median age of males: 37.6
Median age of females: 36.7
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Average household size: 2.53
| Sharon township: | 2.5 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.10
| Sharon township: | $48,673 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $354 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $72,587 (it was $58,400 in 2000)
| : | $72,587 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 18 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 8.1% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Kimballton.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Sharon township include: Adventist Church (A), Bethany Lutheran Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Immanuel Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bull Run (A). Display/hide its location on the map
65% of Sharon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 612
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 69
- South: 77
- West: 60
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 225
- One, attached: 8
- Mobile homes: 130
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,900
Housing units in Sharon township with a mortgage: 60 (8 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 61
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Construction (18%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sharon township:
- United States or American (24.5%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- German (7.3%)
- English (7.1%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- African (2.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 268 (80%)
- Carpooled: 43 (13%)
- Worked at home: 24 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Wood (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
97.6% of residents of Sharon township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (30% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 826- In family households: 733 (202 male householders, 33 female householders)
194 spouses, 246 children (204 natural, 23 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 16 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 93 (32 male householders (28 living alone)), 51 female householders (49 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 100 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 37 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 77 1-person, 4 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
165 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (8 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |