Butler township, Butler County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Butler township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Butler township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1486
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 97
- South: 17
- West: 53
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
58 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 602
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 6
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 51
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Butler township with a mortgage: 220 (8 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 208
- Construction (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Private households (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Art and design workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Butler township:
- German (67.3%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
- English (4.0%)
- Norwegian (3.3%)
- Irish (3.1%)
- Danish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (40%)
- United Kingdom (20%)
- Germany (20%)
- Korea (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 656 (77%)
- Carpooled: 103 (12%)
- Walked: 46 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 47 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
58 people in nursing homes
95.1% of residents of Butler township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,615- In family households: 1,398 (404 male householders, 69 female householders)
413 spouses, 460 children (423 natural, 4 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 6 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 217 (91 male householders (64 living alone)), 90 female householders (86 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 59 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 228 2-persons, 108 3-persons, 91 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 150 1-person, 24 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
323 married couples with children.
79 single-parent households (23 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 7.1% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |