Peoples township, Boone County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 346 (all rural)
Males: 187 | (54.0%) |
Females: 159 | (46.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 346 (279 owner occupied, 67 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 19% |
State: | 28% |
Races in Peoples township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.7%
- Asian: 0.3%
Median age of males: 38.8
Median age of females: 41.2
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Average household size: 2.64
Peoples township: | 2.6 people |
Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.05
Peoples township: | $50,913 |
Iowa: | $52,229 |
Here: | $506 |
State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $119,754 (it was $77,100 in 2000)
: | $119,754 |
Iowa: | $126,900 |
Population density: 10 people per square mile | (low). |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Peoples township: Jehu (A), Prairie Hill (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Peoples Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
80% of Peoples township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 0% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 355
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 0
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 119
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Peoples township with a mortgage: 26 (6 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 26
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (39%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Health care (19%)
- Public administration (17%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (16%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (20%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (16%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (14%)
- Business operations specialists (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Peoples township:
- German (46.3%)
- European (10.7%)
- English (9.2%)
- Norwegian (8.8%)
- Swedish (8.1%)
- United States or American (7.7%)
- Scottish (7.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 151 (70%)
- Carpooled: 27 (12%)
- Worked at home: 39 (18%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (72%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (6%)
98.2% of residents of Peoples township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 355- In family households: 325 (102 male householders, 0 female householders)
98 spouses, 118 children (112 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 30 (13 male householders (13 living alone)), 17 female householders (17 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 39 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 20 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person,
84 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (2 men, 6 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): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 100.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |