Walnut township, Dallas County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (93% naturalized citizens)
| Walnut township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
45% of Walnut township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 21% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6249
- Northeast: 117
- Midwest: 1311
- South: 191
- West: 182
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $166,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,324
- One, attached: 163
- Two: 27
- 3 or 4: 134
- 5 to 9: 42
- 10 to 19: 18
- 20 to 49: 74
- Mobile homes: 333
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,500
Housing units in Walnut township with a mortgage: 1,879 (193 second mortgage, 286 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 181
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Construction (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Finance and insurance (26%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Walnut township:
- German (35.5%)
- Irish (12.4%)
- English (7.3%)
- United States or American (7.2%)
- Swedish (6.0%)
- Norwegian (4.7%)
- Dutch (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (25%)
- Netherlands (18%)
- Philippines (16%)
- Germany (12%)
- Iran (12%)
- Italy (11%)
- Australia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,971 (86%)
- Carpooled: 421 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 39 (1%)
- Other means: 16 (0%)
- Worked at home: 172 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
97.6% of residents of Walnut township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,138- In family households: 7,398 (1,955 male householders, 379 female householders)
2,160 spouses, 2,809 children (2,695 natural, 42 adopted, 72 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 18 other relatives, 60 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 740 (299 male householders (241 living alone)), 316 female householders (274 living alone)), 125 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 830 2-persons, 561 3-persons, 672 4-persons, 207 5-persons, 39 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 515 1-person, 91 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
2,278 married couples with children.
261 single-parent households (52 men, 209 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 52
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 41
| Here: | 22.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |