Barnes township, Buena Vista County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Barnes township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
73% of Barnes township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 542
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 44
- South: 19
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 253
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Barnes township with a mortgage: 72 (3 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 81
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Food (14%)
- Construction (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Food (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Barnes township:
- German (42.2%)
- Norwegian (11.8%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Swedish (8.1%)
- United States or American (6.8%)
- English (6.6%)
- Danish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (78%)
- Canada (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 252 (74%)
- Carpooled: 61 (18%)
- Walked: 13 (4%)
- Worked at home: 13 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (2%)
96.3% of residents of Barnes township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 647- In family households: 560 (168 male householders, 22 female householders)
162 spouses, 186 children (170 natural, 0 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 10 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 87 (35 male householders (31 living alone)), 39 female householders (39 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 101 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 70 1-person, 3 2-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
157 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (3 men, 18 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: 4
| Here: | 44.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |