Homer township, Benton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 20 (4% naturalized citizens)
Homer township: | 20.3% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Homer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 336
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 17
- South: 246
- West: 70
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 262
- 50 or more: 9
- Mobile homes: 59
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,500
Housing units in Homer township with a mortgage: 78 (8 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 74
- Construction (22%)
- Food (12%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Paper (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Homer township:
- English (8.0%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- United States or American (4.1%)
- German (2.4%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- European (1.7%)
- Polish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (58%)
- El Salvador (42%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 236 (78%)
- Carpooled: 29 (10%)
- Walked: 33 (11%)
- Worked at home: 4 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (37%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Wood (11%)
95.5% of residents of Homer township speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 723- In family households: 617 (169 male householders, 17 female householders)
148 spouses, 205 children (168 natural, 0 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 18 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 106 (62 male householders (60 living alone)), 34 female householders (31 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 67 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 91 1-person, 3 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
35 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (1 men, 3 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): 7
Here: | 13.5% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 50.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |