Washington township, Buena Vista County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (88% naturalized citizens)
Washington township: | 2.4% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Washington 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, 54% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 559
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 53
- South: 22
- West: 52
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
45 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
45 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 202
- One, attached: 10
- 3 or 4: 45
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,300
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 88 (6 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 46
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Personal and laundry services (12%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Food processing workers (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (42.9%)
- Norwegian (10.2%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- United States or American (6.0%)
- French (except Basque) (5.1%)
- English (4.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (44%)
- Canada (38%)
- Brazil (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 259 (76%)
- Carpooled: 39 (11%)
- Walked: 15 (4%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (56%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (3%)
45 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
45 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
95.7% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 653- In family households: 559 (158 male householders, 11 female householders)
171 spouses, 203 children (182 natural, 0 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 94 (23 male householders (18 living alone)), 35 female householders (29 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 51 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 77 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 47 1-person, 5 2-persons, 6 5-persons,
121 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (5 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
Here: | 26.2% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
Here: | 52.4% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
Here: | 48.4% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |