Yell township, Boone County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Yell township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Yell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1890
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 295
- South: 66
- West: 88
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
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
38 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 843
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 35
- 5 to 9: 22
- Mobile homes: 61
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,300
Housing units in Yell township with a mortgage: 369 (27 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 269
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Yell township:
- German (42.3%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- Swedish (8.8%)
- English (7.5%)
- United States or American (7.5%)
- Norwegian (5.5%)
- Dutch (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (50%)
- Egypt (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 968 (79%)
- Carpooled: 147 (12%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 37 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 58 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
38 people in nursing homes
98.5% of residents of Yell township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,322- In family households: 2,002 (567 male householders, 106 female householders)
591 spouses, 664 children (604 natural, 18 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 8 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 320 (97 male householders (75 living alone)), 165 female householders (151 living alone)), 58 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 38 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 322 2-persons, 149 3-persons, 151 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 226 1-person, 30 2-persons, 6 5-persons,
445 married couples with children.
97 single-parent households (23 men, 74 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
Here: | 4.1% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
Here: | 7.2% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 11.1% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |