Albion township, Butler County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Albion township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Albion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% 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: 1848
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 122
- South: 10
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $77,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 759
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 60
- 5 to 9: 19
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 33
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,900
Housing units in Albion township with a mortgage: 283 (37 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 294
- Machinery (16%)
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Health care (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Albion township:
- German (62.8%)
- United States or American (8.6%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- English (4.3%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- Danish (3.1%)
- Norwegian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (57%)
- Netherlands (22%)
- Canada (13%)
- Korea (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 751 (82%)
- Carpooled: 91 (10%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 20 (2%)
- Worked at home: 57 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
95.0% of residents of Albion township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,028- In family households: 1,762 (506 male householders, 91 female householders)
506 spouses, 621 children (552 natural, 29 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 4 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 266 (106 male householders (96 living alone)), 150 female householders (150 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 303 2-persons, 112 3-persons, 118 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 246 1-person, 10 2-persons,
383 married couples with children.
105 single-parent households (22 men, 83 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |