Union township, Jackson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 560
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 236
- South: 51
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 345
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 22
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 47
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 106 (2 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 127
- Food (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Paper (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (52.6%)
- United States or American (11.9%)
- English (8.6%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Norwegian (2.7%)
- Danish (2.0%)
- Polish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 289 (75%)
- Carpooled: 35 (9%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 45 (12%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 11 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
97.3% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 869- In family households: 714 (188 male householders, 57 female householders)
206 spouses, 240 children (213 natural, 4 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 8 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 155 (76 male householders (66 living alone)), 65 female householders (63 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 131 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 129 1-person, 9 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
114 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (14 men, 46 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 6.0% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |