Buckingham township, Tama County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Buckingham township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
44% of Buckingham township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 118
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 24
- South: 69
- West: 6
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 66
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,000
Housing units in Buckingham township with a mortgage: 27 (9 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (46%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Gasoline stations (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (39%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Registered nurses (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buckingham township:
- United States or American (62.8%)
- English (12.6%)
- German (9.3%)
- Norwegian (3.8%)
- Swiss (3.8%)
- Irish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Europe (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 78 (70%)
- Carpooled: 34 (30%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Wood (15%)
91.7% of residents of Buckingham township speak English at home.
6.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
2.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 224- In family households: 220 (48 male householders, 19 female householders)
69 spouses, 84 children (77 natural, 7 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4 (4 male householders (4 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 24 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 25 4-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4 1-person,
90 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (3 men, 4 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% |