Fairview township, Jasper County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Fairview township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Fairview township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2107
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 163
- South: 44
- West: 69
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 855
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 34
- 5 to 9: 33
- 10 to 19: 10
- 20 to 49: 14
- Mobile homes: 70
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Fairview township with a mortgage: 346 (30 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 262
- Food (31%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Construction (11%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Food (21%)
- Health care (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Food processing workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Food processing workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairview township:
- Dutch (24.5%)
- German (22.2%)
- United States or American (14.9%)
- English (9.3%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Norwegian (2.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (57%)
- Germany (14%)
- Hungary (14%)
- Mexico (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,014 (76%)
- Carpooled: 207 (15%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 29 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 85 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.9% of residents of Fairview township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,436- In family households: 2,142 (610 male householders, 111 female householders)
631 spouses, 729 children (671 natural, 13 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 8 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 294 (112 male householders (94 living alone)), 156 female householders (147 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 348 2-persons, 154 3-persons, 145 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 241 1-person, 27 2-persons,
526 married couples with children.
116 single-parent households (47 men, 69 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 6.3% |
| 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: 8
| Here: | 15.1% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |