Walnut township, Palo Alto County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Walnut township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Walnut township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 974
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 121
- South: 24
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
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: 0.2% of all households
10 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 448
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 31
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Walnut township with a mortgage: 200 (8 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 136
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Walnut township:
- German (43.4%)
- Norwegian (16.8%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- United States or American (8.5%)
- Danish (5.1%)
- English (4.8%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (33%)
- Australia (33%)
- Canada (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 386 (73%)
- Carpooled: 73 (14%)
- Walked: 59 (11%)
- Worked at home: 12 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
10 people in unknown juvenile institutions
97.1% of residents of Walnut township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,132- In family households: 927 (271 male householders, 26 female householders)
268 spouses, 344 children (316 natural, 12 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 205 (83 male householders (71 living alone)), 106 female householders (103 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 141 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 174 1-person, 15 2-persons,
225 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (15 men, 41 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 10.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |