Buchanan township, Jefferson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Buchanan township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Buchanan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 541
- Northeast: 41
- Midwest: 72
- South: 34
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
93 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 208
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,300
Housing units in Buchanan township with a mortgage: 83 (8 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20
- Construction (17%)
- Wood products (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (10%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buchanan township:
- German (31.6%)
- United States or American (16.4%)
- Polish (11.9%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- English (7.2%)
- French (except Basque) (5.5%)
- Swedish (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 276 (80%)
- Carpooled: 6 (2%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 59 (17%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (67%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (4%)
93 people in nursing homes
99.4% of residents of Buchanan township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 619- In family households: 578 (157 male householders, 25 female householders)
160 spouses, 224 children (205 natural, 9 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 41 (14 male householders (9 living alone)), 17 female householders (17 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 90 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 66 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 26 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 26 1-person, 5 2-persons,
108 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (10 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 17.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |