Union township, O'Brien County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
77% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1216
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 191
- South: 15
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $24,400
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
39 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 614
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 9
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 162 (11 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 278
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (63.1%)
- United States or American (7.4%)
- Dutch (7.2%)
- Swedish (3.8%)
- Irish (3.4%)
- Norwegian (3.3%)
- English (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (89%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 441 (65%)
- Carpooled: 95 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 80 (12%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 48 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
39 people in nursing homes
96.2% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,450- In family households: 1,233 (386 male householders, 43 female householders)
395 spouses, 390 children (335 natural, 20 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 217 (57 male householders (50 living alone)), 141 female householders (137 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 39 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 253 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 68 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 187 1-person, 9 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
220 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (11 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 16.9% |
| 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: | 30.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |