Union township, Poweshiek County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (74% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 2.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 614
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 84
- South: 0
- West: 19
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 473
- One, attached: 14
- Mobile homes: 248
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $56,300
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 151 (6 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 62
- Construction (24%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Wood products (8%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (21%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Woodworkers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electricians (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Financial managers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (30.0%)
- United States or American (18.2%)
- English (11.8%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Dutch (6.6%)
- Norwegian (6.4%)
- French (except Basque) (5.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (52%)
- Germany (48%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 272 (77%)
- Carpooled: 64 (18%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 13 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (89%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
94.3% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (32% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 749- In family households: 651 (229 male householders, 8 female householders)
250 spouses, 155 children (131 natural, 0 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 98 (56 male householders (50 living alone)), 27 female householders (16 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 146 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 66 1-person, 17 2-persons,
101 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (4 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 11
| Here: | 100.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |