Bloomington township, Decatur County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 42 (7% naturalized citizens)
| Bloomington township: | 42.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Bloomington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3017
- Northeast: 102
- Midwest: 42
- South: 291
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 988
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 11
- Mobile homes: 449
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,000
Housing units in Bloomington township with a mortgage: 467 (26 second mortgage, 71 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 222
- Truck transportation (27%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Construction (20%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (10%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (28%)
- Truck transportation (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (16%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (22%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (14%)
- Business operations specialists (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bloomington township:
- United States or American (35.9%)
- English (13.4%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- German (3.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
- Haitian (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (40%)
- Haiti (35%)
- Mexico (16%)
- Canada (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,483 (80%)
- Carpooled: 300 (16%)
- Taxi: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 30 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 25 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Electricity (45%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.0% of residents of Bloomington township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,585- In family households: 3,180 (883 male householders, 202 female householders)
891 spouses, 986 children (878 natural, 14 adopted, 94 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 67 other relatives, 66 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 405 (179 male householders (134 living alone)), 150 female householders (133 living alone)), 76 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 503 2-persons, 299 3-persons, 180 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 32 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 267 1-person, 52 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 1 5-persons,
42 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (3 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 2.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 12.8% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |