Union township, Monroe County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
75% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% 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: 782
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 63
- South: 29
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 319
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 2
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 46
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,000
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 91 (0 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 83
- Metal and metal products (18%)
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Food (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Metal and metal products (17%)
- Health care (16%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- English (17.7%)
- United States or American (15.4%)
- German (13.8%)
- Irish (13.0%)
- Dutch (10.6%)
- European (4.7%)
- Scottish (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 285 (72%)
- Carpooled: 69 (17%)
- Walked: 9 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 31 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (3%)
98.7% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.2% 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).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 63% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 928- In family households: 811 (214 male householders, 47 female householders)
227 spouses, 303 children (274 natural, 5 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 117 (41 male householders (31 living alone)), 45 female householders (37 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 128 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 68 1-person, 6 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
213 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (13 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 12.5% |
| 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% |