Union township, Dallas County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
64% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1795
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 158
- South: 38
- West: 67
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 779
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 25
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 59
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,800
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 291 (21 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 227
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (20%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (30.4%)
- English (14.4%)
- United States or American (13.9%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- French (except Basque) (4.3%)
- Norwegian (3.7%)
- Danish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (45%)
- Germany (27%)
- Brazil (27%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 860 (81%)
- Carpooled: 141 (13%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 37 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (5%)
98.7% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,081- In family households: 1,800 (484 male householders, 129 female householders)
527 spouses, 568 children (513 natural, 22 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 23 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 281 (130 male householders (105 living alone)), 113 female householders (103 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 324 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 107 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 208 1-person, 31 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
417 married couples with children.
98 single-parent households (31 men, 67 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 0.8% |
| 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: 8
| Here: | 25.8% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |