Van Buren township, Van Buren County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Van Buren township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Van Buren township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% 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: 1257
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 211
- South: 35
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Van Buren township, Iowa:
- 84 people in nursing homes
- 38 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 514
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 31
- 3 or 4: 61
- 5 to 9: 5
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 4
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 82
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,600
Housing units in Van Buren township with a mortgage: 122 (2 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 199
- Machinery (17%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Van Buren township:
- United States or American (30.8%)
- German (21.7%)
- English (12.5%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- Swedish (4.9%)
- Norwegian (3.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (33%)
- Italy (22%)
- Korea (22%)
- Other Central America (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 498 (72%)
- Carpooled: 85 (12%)
- Walked: 38 (6%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 66 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (5%)
People in group quarters in Van Buren township, Iowa:
- 84 people in nursing homes
- 38 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.6% of residents of Van Buren township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,428- In family households: 1,196 (350 male householders, 81 female householders)
330 spouses, 393 children (306 natural, 7 adopted, 80 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 0 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 232 (92 male householders (75 living alone)), 111 female householders (105 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 127 (85 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 243 2-persons, 75 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 180 1-person, 20 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
213 married couples with children.
79 single-parent households (20 men, 59 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 28.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |