Union township, Hardin County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Union township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 786
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 59
- South: 31
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 355
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 33
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,000
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 103 (9 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 132
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Food (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (12%)
- Food (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Librarians, curators, and archivists (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (35.8%)
- United States or American (17.4%)
- English (10.5%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Norwegian (7.6%)
- Dutch (4.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (50%)
- Taiwan (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 308 (77%)
- Carpooled: 51 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 28 (7%)
- Worked at home: 10 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (3%)
97.5% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 899- In family households: 783 (217 male householders, 43 female householders)
198 spouses, 281 children (251 natural, 6 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 7 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 116 (48 male householders (42 living alone)), 56 female householders (50 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 125 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 55 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 92 1-person, 12 2-persons,
196 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (10 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 4.2% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |