Union township, Floyd County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
79% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 665
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 33
- South: 2
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 293
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 27
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 57 (3 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 86
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Warehousing and storage (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Chemicals (9%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Accountants and auditors (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (51.1%)
- United States or American (14.9%)
- English (8.1%)
- Irish (4.2%)
- Dutch (3.5%)
- Polish (2.6%)
- Swedish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (50%)
- Korea (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 235 (74%)
- Carpooled: 30 (9%)
- Walked: 8 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 44 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
99.6% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 738- In family households: 670 (199 male householders, 28 female householders)
177 spouses, 212 children (183 natural, 9 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 68 (28 male householders (26 living alone)), 36 female householders (34 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 121 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 13 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 60 1-person, 4 2-persons,
119 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (16 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 10.9% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 13.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |