Union township, Crawford County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (20% naturalized citizens)
Union township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
72% of Union 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, 47% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 757
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 73
- South: 21
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 297
- One, attached: 2
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 62
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,900
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 85 (17 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 109
- Food (30%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Truck transportation (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Food (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (19%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
- Food processing workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Food processing workers (5%)
- Secondary school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (54.7%)
- United States or American (10.6%)
- English (8.3%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- Dutch (4.1%)
- Danish (2.5%)
- Swedish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (80%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 296 (76%)
- Carpooled: 41 (10%)
- Walked: 21 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 32 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
97.0% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 877- In family households: 748 (239 male householders, 18 female householders)
226 spouses, 223 children (205 natural, 5 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 12 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 129 (45 male householders (41 living alone)), 70 female householders (58 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 141 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 99 1-person, 16 2-persons,
147 married couples with children.
54 single-parent households (17 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
Here: | 11.0% |
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: 5
Here: | 35.7% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |