Walnut township, Wayne County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Walnut township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Walnut township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 766
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 155
- South: 24
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
37 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 399
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 30
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Walnut township with a mortgage: 99 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 157
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (9%)
- Paper (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Paper (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Walnut township:
- German (19.5%)
- English (19.2%)
- United States or American (14.0%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
- Italian (3.5%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (41%)
- India (36%)
- Philippines (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 336 (78%)
- Carpooled: 62 (14%)
- Walked: 9 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 21 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (1%)
37 people in nursing homes
95.9% of residents of Walnut township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 947- In family households: 795 (216 male householders, 55 female householders)
233 spouses, 246 children (207 natural, 25 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 4 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 152 (70 male householders (52 living alone)), 66 female householders (66 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 37 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 146 2-persons, 46 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 118 1-person, 18 2-persons,
172 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (10 men, 35 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): 4
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |