Honey Creek township, Delaware County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,060 (all rural)
Males: 503 | (47.5%) |
Females: 557 | (52.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 997 (800 owner occupied, 197 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 20% |
State: | 28% |
Races in Honey Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.2%
Median age of males: 40.2
Median age of females: 41.3
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Average household size: 2.67
Honey Creek township: | 2.7 people |
Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.16
Honey Creek township: | $54,479 |
Iowa: | $52,229 |
Here: | $400 |
State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $127,921 (it was $83,900 in 2000)
: | $127,921 |
Iowa: | $126,900 |
Population density: 29 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 4.0% |
Whole state: | 9.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Lloyd Kelchen Grain Elevator (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Edgewood Cemetery (1), Thorpe Union Cemetery (2), Saint Marks Cemetery (3), Roe Cemetery (4), Hutson Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Routherford Branch (A). Display/hide its location on the map
80% of Honey Creek 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, 86% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 989
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 53
- South: 3
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
54 people in nursing homes
9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 337
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 23
- 5 to 9: 11
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $70,000
Housing units in Honey Creek township with a mortgage: 98 (5 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 87
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Construction (12%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (19%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Honey Creek township:
- German (65.3%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- English (6.6%)
- European (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 346 (64%)
- Carpooled: 80 (15%)
- Walked: 30 (6%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 86 (16%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
54 people in nursing homes
9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.1% of residents of Honey Creek township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 990- In family households: 886 (256 male householders, 32 female householders)
259 spouses, 326 children (310 natural, 2 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 104 (22 male householders (22 living alone)), 82 female householders (82 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 63 (28 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 140 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 26 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 104 1-person,
250 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (13 men, 16 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): 4
Here: | 3.9% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 25.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |