Walnut township, Adair County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 223 (all rural)
| Males: 110 |  (49.3%) |
| Females: 113 |  (50.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 223 (158 owner occupied, 65 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 29% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Walnut township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.2%
- Some other race: 0.4%
Median age of males: 39.4
Median age of females: 37.5
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Average household size: 2.75
| Walnut township: | 2.8 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.09
| Walnut township: | $48,249 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $371 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $92,801 (it was $63,000 in 2000)
| : | $92,801 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Walnut township: Adair West Bound Rest Area (A), Adair East Bound Rest Area (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Oakwood Cemetery (1), Canby Cemetery (2), Abandoned Timber Cemetery (3), Saint Josephs Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
65% of Walnut township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 193
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 4
- South: 4
- West: 11
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 83
- 5 to 9: 5
Housing units in Walnut township with a mortgage: 13 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (44%)
- Construction (23%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (37%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Food and beverage stores (13%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (13%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (39%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Carpenters (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (32%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (13%)
- Postsecondary teachers (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Printing workers (11%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Top executives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Walnut township:
- German (35.5%)
- Italian (19.6%)
- United States or American (15.2%)
- English (8.7%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- Danish (4.3%)
- Czech (3.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 70 (61%)
- Carpooled: 34 (30%)
- Other means: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 8 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (88%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
99.0% of residents of Walnut township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 216- In family households: 184 (62 male householders, 2 female householders)
54 spouses, 66 children (66 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 32 (17 male householders (12 living alone)), 6 female householders (6 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 34 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 18 1-person, 5 3-persons,
50 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (0 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 37.9% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 13.8% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |