Average household size:
| This city: |  2.5 people | | Iowa: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 65.5% | | Whole state: | 67.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 6.9% | | Whole state: | 4.9% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This city: | 14.9% | | Whole state: | 9.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This city: | 0.0% | | Whole state: | 3.8% |
Bassett compared to Iowa state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- House age above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Chickasaw County Iowa:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (82%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Utility gas (7%)
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Religion statistics for Bassett
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 91.68%
| Here | | 91.7% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | United Methodist Church | United Church of Christ | Other |
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| Adherents | 53.8% | 22.1% | 9.4% | 5.6% | 9.1% |
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| Congregations | 32.1% | 17.9% | 17.9% | 14.3% | 17.9% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $41 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 7 | $372 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 8 | $413 |
Bassett government finances in 2002:
- Current Operations - Financial Administration: $2,000
Central Staff Services: $2,000
General Public Buildings: $2,000
General - Other: $2,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $2,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $4,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $80,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $6,000
General Support: $1,000
- Tax - Total General Sales: $4,000
Property: $3,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $4,000
4.77% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,082 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.77% | | Iowa average: | 6.30% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.82% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,804 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.82% | | Iowa average: | 6.47% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Bassett:
- KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KCNZ (1250 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATION COMPANY, L.C.)
- KCHA (1580 AM; 1 kW; CHARLES CITY, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- KDNZ (1650 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATIONS CO., LLC)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- KKHQ (950 AM; 5 kW; OELWEIN, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KGLO (1300 AM; 5 kW; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- KNFX (970 AM; 5 kW; AUSTIN, MN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KWLO (1330 AM; 5 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
Strongest FM radio stations in Bassett:
- KCHA-FM (95.9 FM; CHARLES CITY, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KCZE (95.1 FM; NEW HAMPTON, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KOEL-FM (92.3 FM; OELWEIN, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KLSS-FM (106.1 FM; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF MASON CITY, INC.)
- KROC-FM (106.9 FM; ROCHESTER, MN; Owner: SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BROADCASTING CO.)
- KFMW (107.9 FM; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KOKZ (105.7 FM; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KIAI (93.9 FM; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Bassett:
- KYIN (Channel 24; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
- KIMT (Channel 3; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KTTC (Channel 10; ROCHESTER, MN; Owner: KTTC TELEVISION, INC.)
- KWWL (Channel 7; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- KSMQ-TV (Channel 15; AUSTIN, MN; Owner: INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #492)
Bassett on our top lists:
- #21 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"
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