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Fayette township, Linn County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)

Fayette township:

1.9%
Whole state:

3.1%

66% of Fayette township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% 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: 728
  • Northeast: 22
  • Midwest: 68
  • South: 5
  • West: 4

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Fayette township, IA map

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000


Housing units in Fayette township with a mortgage: 159 (50 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 10
  • 1995 to 1998: 44
  • 1990 to 1994: 31
  • 1980 to 1989: 38
  • 1970 to 1979: 80
  • 1960 to 1969: 34
  • 1950 to 1959: 27
  • 1940 to 1949: 10
  • 1939 or earlier: 88

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Fayette township, Iowa:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 2
  • 3 rooms: 5
  • 4 rooms: 22
  • 5 rooms: 65
  • 6 rooms: 51
  • 7 rooms: 60
  • 8 rooms: 35
  • 9 or more rooms: 41

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fayette township, Iowa:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 10
  • 3 rooms: 6
  • 4 rooms: 8
  • 5 rooms: 9
  • 6 rooms: 8
  • 7 rooms: 2
  • 8 rooms: 5
  • 9 or more rooms: 12

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Fayette township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 11
  • 2 bedrooms: 49
  • 3 bedrooms: 150
  • 4 bedrooms: 63
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 8

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fayette township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 25
  • 2 bedrooms: 6
  • 3 bedrooms: 17
  • 4 bedrooms: 12
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Fayette township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 14
  • 1 vehicle: 44
  • 2 vehicles: 134
  • 3 vehicles: 64
  • 4 vehicles: 21
  • 5 or more vehicles: 4

Cars and other vehicles available in Fayette township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 2
  • 1 vehicle: 16
  • 2 vehicles: 33
  • 3 vehicles: 9
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (18%)
  • Computer and electronic products (9%)
  • Utilities (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
  • Machinery (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (13%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Computer and electronic products (7%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Engineers (5%)
  • Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
  • Business operations specialists (8%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Fayette township:

  • German (33.4%)
  • Irish (15.0%)
  • United States or American (12.7%)
  • English (9.4%)
  • Czech (7.3%)
  • Czechoslovakian (5.7%)
  • Dutch (2.8%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Canada (41%)
  • Germany (29%)
  • Mexico (18%)
  • France (12%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (55%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
  • Electricity (13%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
  • Wood (2%)

97.1% of residents of Fayette township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 848

Size of family households: 124 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 4 6-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 79 1-person, 11 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 2 4-persons,

174 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (16 men, 11 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here:

3.5%
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: 7
Here:

23.3%
Iowa:

25.4%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Fayette township:

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