Des Moines township, Van Buren County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Des Moines township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Des Moines township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 386
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 76
- South: 30
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $15,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 211
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 16
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,000
Housing units in Des Moines township with a mortgage: 73 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 72
- Machinery (26%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Construction (10%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Painters and paperhangers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Des Moines township:
- United States or American (56.8%)
- English (11.9%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- German (8.5%)
- French (except Basque) (1.1%)
- Italian (1.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern America (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 154 (72%)
- Carpooled: 42 (20%)
- Walked: 9 (4%)
- Other means: 6 (3%)
- Worked at home: 4 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (8%)
99.6% of residents of Des Moines township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 507- In family households: 447 (132 male householders, 14 female householders)
124 spouses, 143 children (139 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 6 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 60 (18 male householders (14 living alone)), 35 female householders (34 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 68 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 48 1-person, 3 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
42 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (5 men, 4 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): 3
| Here: | 12.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |