Taylor township, Appanoose County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Taylor township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Taylor township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 808
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 95
- South: 26
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 351
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 19
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 68
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,800
Housing units in Taylor township with a mortgage: 95 (2 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 122
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Taylor township:
- United States or American (32.2%)
- German (20.6%)
- English (14.5%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- Dutch (5.7%)
- Italian (4.3%)
- Swedish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (44%)
- Germany (33%)
- Panama (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 335 (78%)
- Carpooled: 49 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (4%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (3%)
95.6% of residents of Taylor township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 975- In family households: 821 (255 male householders, 49 female householders)
227 spouses, 266 children (256 natural, 2 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 4 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 154 (48 male householders (41 living alone)), 91 female householders (85 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 173 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 53 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 126 1-person, 8 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
139 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (15 men, 41 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: 6
| Here: | 24.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |