Belknap township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa (IA)

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Belknap township, IA map Land area: 23.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 1,645 (all rural)

Males: 785	(47.7%)
Females: 860	(52.3%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 1,581 (1,296 owner occupied, 285 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	18%
State:	28%

Races in Belknap township:

White Non-Hispanic: 98.4%
Black: 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
Asian: 0.2%
Two or more races: 0.5%

Median age of males: 39.7
Median age of females: 42.0

Average houshold size: 2.39
Average family size: 2.91

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Population density: 70 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	6.0%
Whole state:	9.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	2.6%
Whole state:	3.8%

Cities in this township include: Oakland.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Church in Belknap township: Sharon Church.

Cemeteries: Belknap Cemetery, Big Grove Cemetery.

Creek: Minimum Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 23 (48% naturalized citizens)

Belknap township:	1.4%
State:	3.1%

60% of Belknap township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Iowa.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 1162
Northeast: 20
Midwest: 302
South: 31
West: 54

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $63,800

Belknap township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

64 people in nursing homes

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 598
One, attached: 28
Two: 6
3 or 4: 14
5 to 9: 28
10 to 19: 17

Housing units in Belknap township with a mortgage: 234 (14 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 235

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 8
1995 to 1998: 13
1990 to 1994: 11
1980 to 1989: 59
1970 to 1979: 88
1960 to 1969: 79
1950 to 1959: 79
1940 to 1949: 107
1939 or earlier: 247

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Belknap township, Iowa:

1 room: 3
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 6
4 rooms: 60
5 rooms: 106
6 rooms: 130
7 rooms: 94
8 rooms: 57
9 or more rooms: 60

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Belknap township, Iowa:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 4
3 rooms: 25
4 rooms: 32
5 rooms: 25
6 rooms: 20
7 rooms: 7
8 rooms: 11
9 or more rooms: 6

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Belknap township:

no bedroom: 3
1 bedroom: 18
2 bedrooms: 165
3 bedrooms: 234
4 bedrooms: 82
5 or more bedrooms: 14

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Belknap township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 30
2 bedrooms: 62
3 bedrooms: 26
4 bedrooms: 6
5 or more bedrooms: 6

Cars and other vehicles available in Belknap township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 13
1 vehicle: 151
2 vehicles: 196
3 vehicles: 100
4 vehicles: 52
5 or more vehicles: 4

Cars and other vehicles available in Belknap township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 6
1 vehicle: 70
2 vehicles: 47
3 vehicles: 3
4 vehicles: 4
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Construction (17%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
Food (9%)
Truck transportation (5%)
Educational services (5%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (3%)
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (16%)
Educational services (16%)
Finance and insurance (11%)
Food (7%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (8%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Belknap township:

German (35.7%)
United States or American (11.5%)
English (9.9%)
Irish (9.5%)
Danish (5.5%)
Scotch-Irish (3.5%)
Dutch (2.7%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

United Kingdom (26%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (22%)
Other Northern Africa (22%)
Italy (13%)
Canada (9%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 616 (79%)
Carpooled: 123 (16%)
Walked: 18 (2%)
Other means: 3 (0%)
Worked at home: 24 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (80%)
Electricity (12%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
Wood (1%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

64 people in nursing homes

97.6% of residents of Belknap township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (11% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 78% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 1,538

In family households: 1,308 (348 male householders, 81 female householders)
362 spouses, 451 children (412 natural, 8 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 10 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 230 (81 male householders (67 living alone)), 122 female householders (118 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 62 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 210 2-persons, 71 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 185 1-person, 9 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 2 4-persons.

302 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (23 men, 48 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): 0

Here:	0.0%
Iowa:	7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12

Here:	28.6%
Iowa:	25.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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