Bonaparte township, Van Buren County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Bonaparte township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
72% of Bonaparte township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 596
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 71
- South: 11
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 274
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 32
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,300
Housing units in Bonaparte township with a mortgage: 56 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 77
- Machinery (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Plastics and rubber products (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (16%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bonaparte township:
- German (29.9%)
- United States or American (23.2%)
- English (13.2%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
- Greek (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 267 (72%)
- Carpooled: 56 (15%)
- Walked: 20 (5%)
- Other means: 8 (2%)
- Worked at home: 18 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (73%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
99.1% of residents of Bonaparte township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 718- In family households: 637 (171 male householders, 19 female householders)
164 spouses, 239 children (227 natural, 4 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 81 (32 male householders (26 living alone)), 46 female householders (46 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 70 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 72 1-person, 6 2-persons,
123 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (19 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 2.1% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |