Union township, Carroll County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1301
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 119
- South: 47
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
52 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 595
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 16
- Mobile homes: 13
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 150 (18 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 239
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Food (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (45.6%)
- English (14.5%)
- United States or American (9.6%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- Danish (5.3%)
- Swedish (2.5%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (60%)
- Mexico (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 555 (82%)
- Carpooled: 54 (8%)
- Walked: 32 (5%)
- Worked at home: 35 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
52 people in nursing homes
96.4% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,458- In family households: 1,248 (333 male householders, 80 female householders)
365 spouses, 410 children (367 natural, 10 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 21 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 210 (70 male householders (66 living alone)), 133 female householders (131 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 52 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 214 2-persons, 78 3-persons, 59 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 197 1-person, 6 2-persons,
260 married couples with children.
70 single-parent households (12 men, 58 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.4% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |