Washington township, Buchanan County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
Washington township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3861
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 384
- South: 116
- West: 72
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Washington township, Iowa:
- 190 people in nursing homes
- 11 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,529
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 81
- 3 or 4: 170
- 5 to 9: 43
- 10 to 19: 19
- 20 to 49: 93
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 199
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,100
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 665 (92 second mortgage, 79 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 430
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Food (10%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (42.6%)
- Irish (16.9%)
- United States or American (14.1%)
- English (5.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
- Norwegian (2.5%)
- Scottish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (32%)
- Mexico (27%)
- Guatemala (25%)
- United Kingdom (16%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,771 (84%)
- Carpooled: 165 (8%)
- Walked: 73 (3%)
- Other means: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 82 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Washington township, Iowa:
- 190 people in nursing homes
- 11 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.8% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (36% speak English very well, 64% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,292- In family households: 3,592 (1,058 male householders, 179 female householders)
996 spouses, 1,204 children (1,118 natural, 23 adopted, 63 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 13 other relatives, 81 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 700 (196 male householders (162 living alone)), 414 female householders (363 living alone)), 90 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 210 (202 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 616 2-persons, 286 3-persons, 205 4-persons, 113 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 525 1-person, 85 2-persons,
809 married couples with children.
236 single-parent households (71 men, 165 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 109
Here: | 22.9% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
Here: | 8.2% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
Here: | 28.4% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |