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Boone township, Dallas County, Iowa (IA)

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Boone township, IA map Land area: 34.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.6 sq. mi.
Population: 6,011 (63% urban, 37% rural)

Males: 2,871  (47.8%)
Females: 3,140  (52.2%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 6,010 (4,220 owner occupied, 1,790 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  30%
State:  28%


Races in Boone township:

  • White Non-Hispanic: 93.6%
  • Black: 2.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
  • Asian: 1.2%
  • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino: 1.5%
  • Two or more races: 1.2%
  • Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 31.2
Median age of females: 31.5

Average houshold size: 2.34
Average family size: 2.95

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Population density: 173 people per square mile 
 
  (high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This township:  14.0%
Whole state:  9.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This township:  6.9%
Whole state:  3.8%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemeteries: Booneville Cemetery, Dale Moffit Reservoir Cemetery.

Creeks: Sugar Creek, Fox Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 7,219 (36% naturalized citizens)

Boone township:  120.1%
State:  3.1%

51% of Boone township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Iowa.


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

  • This state: 144054
  • Northeast: 4465
  • Midwest: 16377
  • South: 28516
  • West: 7625

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,400

Boone township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 60,728
  • One, attached: 1,818
  • Two: 2,831
  • 3 or 4: 4,566
  • 5 to 9: 5,660
  • 10 to 19: 5,524
  • 20 to 49: 3,210
  • 50 or more: 5,878
  • Mobile homes: 5,503
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 100

Median worth of mobile homes: $27,300


Housing units in Boone township with a mortgage: 32,012 (2,489 second mortgage, 2,176 home equity loan, 77 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13,632



Year house built:
  • 1999 to March 2000: 1,934
  • 1995 to 1998: 5,769
  • 1990 to 1994: 5,669
  • 1980 to 1989: 16,306
  • 1970 to 1979: 23,529
  • 1960 to 1969: 17,017
  • 1950 to 1959: 11,020
  • 1940 to 1949: 6,849
  • 1939 or earlier: 7,725


Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Boone township, Iowa:
  • 1 room: 19
  • 2 rooms: 362
  • 3 rooms: 1,469
  • 4 rooms: 4,114
  • 5 rooms: 13,127
  • 6 rooms: 13,992
  • 7 rooms: 8,869
  • 8 rooms: 5,432
  • 9 or more rooms: 5,010


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Boone township, Iowa:
  • 1 room: 1,350
  • 2 rooms: 3,608
  • 3 rooms: 7,368
  • 4 rooms: 10,331
  • 5 rooms: 6,684
  • 6 rooms: 3,520
  • 7 rooms: 1,239
  • 8 rooms: 518
  • 9 or more rooms: 348


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Boone township:
  • no bedroom: 55
  • 1 bedroom: 1,204
  • 2 bedrooms: 9,973
  • 3 bedrooms: 30,135
  • 4 bedrooms: 9,507
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 1,520


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Boone township:
  • no bedroom: 1,632
  • 1 bedroom: 10,642
  • 2 bedrooms: 14,470
  • 3 bedrooms: 7,157
  • 4 bedrooms: 919
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 146


Cars and other vehicles available in Boone township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 2,320
  • 1 vehicle: 16,942
  • 2 vehicles: 24,451
  • 3 vehicles: 6,806
  • 4 vehicles: 1,454
  • 5 or more vehicles: 421


Cars and other vehicles available in Boone township in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 5,591
  • 1 vehicle: 19,514
  • 2 vehicles: 8,396
  • 3 vehicles: 1,185
  • 4 vehicles: 123
  • 5 or more vehicles: 157


Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (9%)
  • Health care (8%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Educational services (5%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (21%)
  • Educational services (12%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Social assistance (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
  • Computer specialists (3%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Registered nurses (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (3%)


Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Boone township:
  • United States or American (11.0%)
  • English (8.5%)
  • German (7.9%)
  • Irish (6.3%)
  • Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
  • Scottish (1.8%)
  • African (1.7%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
  • Mexico (25%)
  • India (8%)
  • United Kingdom (7%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
  • Philippines (4%)
  • Nigeria (4%)
  • Vietnam (3%)

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 80,740 (81%)
  • Carpooled: 12,606 (13%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 1,374 (1%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 22 (0%)
  • Railroad: 9 (0%)
  • Taxi: 272 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 95 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 143 (0%)
  • Walked: 1,486 (1%)
  • Other means: 508 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 2,210 (2%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (64%)
  • Electricity (33%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
  • Wood (1%)

94.2% of residents of Boone township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship


Households: 203,422
  • In family households: 164,816 (37,404 male householders, 16,892 female householders)
    38,662 spouses, 57,006 children (52,100 natural, 1,457 adopted, 3,449 stepchildren), 4,857 grandchildren, 2,230 brothers or sisters, 1,373 parents, 3,034 other relatives, 3,358 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 38,606 (14,606 male householders (11,923 living alone)), 18,523 female householders (16,541 living alone)), 5,477 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 6,002 (3,949 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 24,235 2-persons, 13,171 3-persons, 10,043 4-persons, 4,344 5-persons, 1,744 6-persons, 759 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 28,464 1-person, 4,147 2-persons, 390 3-persons, 77 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 27 6-persons.

1,253 married couples with children.
299 single-parent households (34 men, 265 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5,007
Here:  21.9%
Iowa:  10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,453
Here:  20.4%
Iowa:  7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,594
Here:  16.0%
Iowa:  25.4%



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