Amity township, Page County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 31.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 545 (all rural)
| Males: 280 |  (51.4%) |
| Females: 265 |  (48.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 545 (481 owner occupied, 64 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Amity township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.7%
Median age of males: 39.5
Median age of females: 39.3
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Average household size: 2.71
| Amity township: | 2.7 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Amity township: | $43,330 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $398 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $79,325 (it was $61,700 in 2000)
| : | $79,325 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 17 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 5.9% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: College Springs.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Butler Cemetery (1), Grove Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Middle Mill Creek (A), East Mill Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
66% of Amity 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, 14% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 318
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 145
- South: 29
- West: 33
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 190
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,300
Housing units in Amity township with a mortgage: 45 (5 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 64
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (37%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (15%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Construction (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (29%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Chemicals (11%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Other financial specialists (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (23%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Amity township:
- United States or American (27.6%)
- German (25.3%)
- Irish (13.9%)
- English (11.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
- Welsh (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 205 (75%)
- Carpooled: 36 (13%)
- Walked: 11 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 19 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (74%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
98.4% of residents of Amity township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 525- In family households: 493 (137 male householders, 28 female householders)
150 spouses, 164 children (138 natural, 9 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 32 (17 male householders (17 living alone)), 15 female householders (15 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 76 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 32 1-person,
125 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (11 men, 11 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |