Buckeye township, Hardin County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 307 (all rural)
Males: 166 | (54.1%) |
Females: 141 | (45.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 307 (215 owner occupied, 92 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 30% |
State: | 28% |
Races in Buckeye township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 35.5
Median age of females: 36.5
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Average household size: 2.65
Buckeye township: | 2.6 people |
Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.35
Buckeye township: | $49,709 |
Iowa: | $52,229 |
Here: | $415 |
State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $91,780 (it was $58,400 in 2000)
: | $91,780 |
Iowa: | $126,900 |
Population density: 9 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 3.8% |
Whole state: | 9.1% |
This township: | 2.1% |
Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Buckeye.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Twin Elms Access Area (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Buckeye Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: New York Branch (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Buckeye township: Flowing Well County Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
77% of Buckeye township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 256
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 21
- South: 0
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 124
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Buckeye township with a mortgage: 18 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 47
- Construction (16%)
- Repair and maintenance (11%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Paper (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Social assistance (15%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Motor vehicle operators except bus and truck drivers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buckeye township:
- German (60.5%)
- Norwegian (16.5%)
- Irish (3.1%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- English (1.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 109 (72%)
- Carpooled: 10 (7%)
- Walked: 4 (3%)
- Worked at home: 29 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (95%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 299- In family households: 252 (71 male householders, 0 female householders)
80 spouses, 89 children (73 natural, 8 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 47 (21 male householders (21 living alone)), 26 female householders (26 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 20 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 47 1-person,
81 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (6 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 7.0% |
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% |