Bloomington township, Muscatine County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Bloomington township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Bloomington 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, 46% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2045
- Northeast: 45
- Midwest: 279
- South: 479
- West: 221
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Bloomington township, Iowa:
- 187 people in nursing homes
- 119 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 98 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 49 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 5 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 983
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 25
- 5 to 9: 8
- 10 to 19: 18
- Mobile homes: 168
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,800
Housing units in Bloomington township with a mortgage: 497 (26 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 259
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (14%)
- Food (12%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bloomington township:
- United States or American (36.8%)
- English (13.9%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- German (9.0%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
- Italian (2.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (36%)
- Israel (21%)
- Colombia (11%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Greece (7%)
- Japan (7%)
- Guatemala (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,300 (86%)
- Carpooled: 141 (9%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 43 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Bloomington township, Iowa:
- 187 people in nursing homes
- 119 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 98 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 49 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 5 people in other group homes
97.1% of residents of Bloomington township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,128- In family households: 2,869 (778 male householders, 147 female householders)
772 spouses, 1,018 children (893 natural, 28 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 68 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 26 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 259 (82 male householders (60 living alone)), 145 female householders (140 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 371 2-persons, 251 3-persons, 190 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 200 1-person, 25 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
4,303 married couples with children.
1,433 single-parent households (340 men, 1,093 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |