West Point township, Butler County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
West Point township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of West Point township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1367
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 85
- South: 32
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
66 people in nursing homes
9 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 597
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 4
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in West Point township with a mortgage: 178 (12 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 210
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Point township:
- German (70.5%)
- Norwegian (8.3%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- English (3.9%)
- Irish (3.0%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
- Danish (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (50%)
- Germany (25%)
- Korea (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 549 (77%)
- Carpooled: 64 (9%)
- Walked: 33 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 67 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (14%)
66 people in nursing homes
9 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
96.7% of residents of West Point township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,442- In family households: 1,239 (353 male householders, 59 female householders)
375 spouses, 428 children (392 natural, 10 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 203 (61 male householders (47 living alone)), 118 female householders (112 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 74 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 204 2-persons, 84 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 159 1-person, 19 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
270 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (14 men, 48 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): 5
Here: | 5.1% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 10.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |