Union township, Story County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (9% naturalized citizens)
Union township: | 1.8% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1030
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 101
- South: 21
- West: 64
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 435
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 1
- 10 to 19: 8
- Mobile homes: 30
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,000
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 191 (11 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 75
- Construction (16%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Health care (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (29.7%)
- Norwegian (20.4%)
- English (8.2%)
- United States or American (7.7%)
- Irish (4.7%)
- Scottish (3.2%)
- Danish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (30%)
- France (22%)
- Philippines (17%)
- Japan (13%)
- Ukraine (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 552 (84%)
- Carpooled: 75 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 13 (2%)
- Worked at home: 15 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Wood (1%)
95.9% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,256- In family households: 1,070 (282 male householders, 63 female householders)
291 spouses, 396 children (376 natural, 14 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 3 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 186 (63 male householders (43 living alone)), 75 female householders (66 living alone)), 48 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 151 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 100 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 109 1-person, 20 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
277 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (10 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 4.7% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
Here: | 12.1% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |