New Buda township, Decatur County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 12 (31% naturalized citizens)
| New Buda township: | 11.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of New Buda township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 26% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3228
- Northeast: 155
- Midwest: 62
- South: 1964
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $64,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,551
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 57
- 3 or 4: 49
- 20 to 49: 14
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 654
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,100
Housing units in New Buda township with a mortgage: 336 (37 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 562
- Construction (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (12%)
- Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (33%)
- Accommodation and food services (19%)
- Health care (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Food (8%)
- Apparel (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (14%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (12%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (14%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in New Buda township:
- United States or American (33.1%)
- English (13.1%)
- Irish (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
- German (1.4%)
- French (except Basque) (0.7%)
- Scottish (0.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (41%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (16%)
- Canada (16%)
- Germany (13%)
- Greece (9%)
- Korea (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,475 (79%)
- Carpooled: 287 (15%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 30 (2%)
- Other means: 34 (2%)
- Worked at home: 38 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (2%)
97.9% of residents of New Buda township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,384- In family households: 4,629 (940 male householders, 534 female householders)
969 spouses, 1,654 children (1,594 natural, 9 adopted, 51 stepchildren), 287 grandchildren, 60 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 100 other relatives, 68 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 755 (278 male householders (249 living alone)), 367 female householders (317 living alone)), 110 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 91 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 639 2-persons, 338 3-persons, 291 4-persons, 121 5-persons, 52 6-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 566 1-person, 67 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
64 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (7 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 1.2% |
| 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: 8
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |