Union township, Union County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (13% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
49% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1077
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 108
- South: 42
- West: 63
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
34 people in nursing homes
27 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 402
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 38
- 5 to 9: 22
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 66
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,400
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 165 (13 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 116
- Construction (19%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (35.9%)
- Irish (14.9%)
- United States or American (13.1%)
- English (10.5%)
- Norwegian (4.5%)
- Swedish (3.8%)
- Italian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (63%)
- Germany (19%)
- Taiwan (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 477 (76%)
- Carpooled: 84 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (2%)
- Walked: 23 (4%)
- Other means: 19 (3%)
- Worked at home: 10 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
34 people in nursing homes
27 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.3% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,252- In family households: 1,076 (296 male householders, 60 female householders)
294 spouses, 379 children (334 natural, 7 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 2 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 176 (64 male householders (51 living alone)), 90 female householders (88 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 62 (36 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 161 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 85 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 139 1-person, 8 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
220 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (27 men, 42 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 9.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |