Walnut township, Madison County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 471 (all rural)
| Males: 242 |  (51.4%) |
| Females: 229 |  (48.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 471 (398 owner occupied, 73 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Walnut township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.8%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 1.3%
Median age of males: 36.8
Median age of females: 36.4
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Average household size: 2.85
| Walnut township: | 2.9 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.08
| Walnut township: | $58,010 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $529 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $164,061 (it was $93,300 in 2000)
| : | $164,061 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 13 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 12.8% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 4.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: East Peru.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Walnut township include: Deer Creek Chapel (A), Peru United Methodist Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Ebenezer Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Deer Creek (A), South Fork Clanton Creek (B), North Fork Clanton Creek (C), Bird Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Walnut township: Clanton Creek Recreation Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
67% of Walnut township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 431
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 19
- South: 8
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $14,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 172
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,000
Housing units in Walnut township with a mortgage: 16 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 30
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (35%)
- Construction (26%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Finance and insurance (23%)
- Private households (12%)
- Health care (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (35%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (14%)
- Accountants and auditors (11%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Business operations specialists (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Walnut township:
- German (21.6%)
- United States or American (18.8%)
- English (15.3%)
- Dutch (11.4%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- Norwegian (4.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 161 (63%)
- Carpooled: 44 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (2%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Worked at home: 42 (16%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (81%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
96.4% of residents of Walnut township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 477- In family households: 454 (133 male householders, 13 female householders)
133 spouses, 148 children (146 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 5 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 23 (16 male householders (14 living alone)), 5 female householders (5 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 71 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 19 1-person, 2 2-persons,
107 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (3 men, 10 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: 5
| Here: | 20.8% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |