Buffalo township, Linn County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Buffalo township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
45% of Buffalo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 502
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 57
- South: 9
- West: 6
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 225
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Buffalo township with a mortgage: 42 (5 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 18
- Construction (26%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Health care (40%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (19%)
- Carpenters (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (22%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (22%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buffalo township:
- German (46.0%)
- United States or American (28.2%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- Czech (4.7%)
- Norwegian (2.5%)
- Swiss (2.5%)
- English (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 248 (84%)
- Carpooled: 14 (5%)
- Walked: 11 (4%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 16 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (79%)
- Wood (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Electricity (2%)
97.8% of residents of Buffalo township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 600- In family households: 532 (150 male householders, 17 female householders)
131 spouses, 188 children (154 natural, 0 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 68 (29 male householders (24 living alone)), 24 female householders (15 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 69 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 37 4-persons, 14 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 39 1-person, 14 2-persons,
120 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (13 men, 16 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |