Chequest township, Van Buren County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Chequest township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Chequest township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 192
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 70
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 90
- Mobile homes: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Chequest township with a mortgage: 11 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 25
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Leather and allied products (5%)
- Leather and allied products (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Private households (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Business operations specialists (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Cashiers (14%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chequest township:
- German (34.6%)
- United States or American (25.9%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.2%)
- English (4.9%)
- French (except Basque) (4.9%)
- European (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 47 (46%)
- Carpooled: 17 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (12%)
- Walked: 7 (7%)
- Other means: 1 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (18%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Wood (32%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Utility gas (2%)
62.1% of residents of Chequest township speak English at home.
37.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (29% speak English very well, 57% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 267- In family households: 258 (68 male householders, 0 female householders)
65 spouses, 125 children (123 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 9 (5 male householders (5 living alone)), 3 female householders (2 living alone)), 1 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 36 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 7 1-person, 1 2-persons,
76 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (1 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 43
Here: | 79.6% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 37.5% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |