Middlefield township, Buchanan County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
Middlefield township: | 1.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
71% of Middlefield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 324
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 63
- South: 35
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 191
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 38
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,100
Housing units in Middlefield township with a mortgage: 10 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 35
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (53%)
- Construction (12%)
- Warehousing and storage (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (15%)
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (44%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (16%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (17%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (15%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Middlefield township:
- United States or American (31.6%)
- German (18.6%)
- Irish (13.0%)
- English (9.1%)
- Scottish (4.2%)
- Norwegian (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (60%)
- Other Western Europe (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 115 (60%)
- Carpooled: 44 (23%)
- Other means: 14 (7%)
- Worked at home: 19 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Wood (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (13%)
97.9% of residents of Middlefield township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (29% speak English very well, 71% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 460- In family households: 427 (124 male householders, 20 female householders)
132 spouses, 131 children (120 natural, 5 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 6 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 33 (8 male householders (8 living alone)), 23 female householders (21 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 74 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 29 1-person, 2 2-persons,
98 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (2 men, 1 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): 2
Here: | 8.0% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |