Union township, Van Buren County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 579
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 64
- South: 24
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 263
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 1
- Mobile homes: 50
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,800
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 84 (8 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 79
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Social assistance (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- United States or American (37.6%)
- German (21.5%)
- English (9.5%)
- French (except Basque) (8.3%)
- Irish (5.6%)
- Swedish (3.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 283 (77%)
- Carpooled: 54 (15%)
- Walked: 11 (3%)
- Worked at home: 19 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
98.3% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 695- In family households: 587 (185 male householders, 22 female householders)
170 spouses, 181 children (169 natural, 3 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 108 (40 male householders (27 living alone)), 48 female householders (41 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 108 2-persons, 47 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 68 1-person, 20 2-persons,
120 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (9 men, 18 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |