Bloomfield township, Winneshiek County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 551 (all rural)
| Males: 300 |  (54.4%) |
| Females: 251 |  (45.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 551 (417 owner occupied, 134 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 24% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Bloomfield township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.7%
- Asian: 0.7%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
Median age of males: 37.1
Median age of females: 38.8
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Average household size: 2.60
| Bloomfield township: | 2.6 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.03
| Bloomfield township: | $50,892 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $471 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $154,669 (it was $90,300 in 2000)
| : | $154,669 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 15 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 39.9% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 18.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Castalia.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Oak Hill Cemetery (1), Bloomfield Cemetery (2), Moneek Cemetery (3), Roy Schultz Property Cemetery (4), Mount Grove Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Walden Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map
River: North Fork Yellow River (A). Display/hide its location on the map
64% of Bloomfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 474
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 28
- South: 79
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 155
- Mobile homes: 68
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,300
Housing units in Bloomfield township with a mortgage: 27 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 47
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (54%)
- Public administration (16%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (9%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Construction (2%)
- Health care (39%)
- Educational services (29%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (32%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (16%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (14%)
- Accountants and auditors (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (16%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (13%)
- Registered nurses (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bloomfield township:
- United States or American (15.1%)
- Irish (3.4%)
- African (3.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- English (2.6%)
- Italian (0.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 143 (73%)
- Carpooled: 50 (25%)
- Other means: 4 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (1%)
99.6% of residents of Bloomfield township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 583- In family households: 529 (67 male householders, 91 female householders)
78 spouses, 225 children (185 natural, 27 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 8 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 54 (17 male householders (16 living alone)), 35 female householders (33 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 52 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 49 1-person, 3 2-persons,
119 married couples with children.
19 single-parent households (8 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 11.2% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |