Union township, Shelby County, Iowa (IA)

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Union township, IA map Land area: 35.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 879 (all rural)

Males: 440	(50.1%)
Females: 439	(49.9%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 879 (716 owner occupied, 163 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	19%
State:	28%

Races in Union township:

White Non-Hispanic: 97.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
Two or more races: 0.1%

Median age of males: 36.7
Median age of females: 36.2

Average houshold size: 2.78
Average family size: 3.20

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Population density: 25 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	3.8%
Whole state:	9.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	1.2%
Whole state:	3.8%

Cities in this township include: Defiance.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemetery: Union Township Cemetery.

Creek: Willow Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 7 (43% naturalized citizens)

Union township:	0.8%
State:	3.1%

70% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Iowa.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 770
Northeast: 3
Midwest: 123
South: 28
West: 54

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,500

Union township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 341
3 or 4: 7
Mobile homes: 16

Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500

Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 86 (5 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 125

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 0
1995 to 1998: 2
1990 to 1994: 6
1980 to 1989: 26
1970 to 1979: 61
1960 to 1969: 47
1950 to 1959: 33
1940 to 1949: 12
1939 or earlier: 177

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Union township, Iowa:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 0
4 rooms: 9
5 rooms: 58
6 rooms: 36
7 rooms: 61
8 rooms: 42
9 or more rooms: 61

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Union township, Iowa:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 1
4 rooms: 18
5 rooms: 21
6 rooms: 8
7 rooms: 11
8 rooms: 9
9 or more rooms: 6

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Union township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 2
2 bedrooms: 36
3 bedrooms: 126
4 bedrooms: 85
5 or more bedrooms: 18

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Union township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 1
2 bedrooms: 28
3 bedrooms: 34
4 bedrooms: 3
5 or more bedrooms: 8

Cars and other vehicles available in Union township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 12
1 vehicle: 58
2 vehicles: 101
3 vehicles: 76
4 vehicles: 14
5 or more vehicles: 6

Cars and other vehicles available in Union township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 9
1 vehicle: 19
2 vehicles: 28
3 vehicles: 13
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 5

Most common industries for males:

Construction (12%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (9%)
Truck transportation (9%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
Food (7%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
Utilities (6%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (21%)
Other direct selling establishments (11%)
Finance and insurance (11%)
Food and beverage stores (10%)
Personal and laundry services (7%)
Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (5%)
Pharmacies and drug stores (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Registered nurses (9%)
Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (8%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Personal appearance workers (7%)
Customer service representatives (6%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Computer specialists (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:

German (69.2%)
United States or American (6.1%)
Irish (3.6%)
Dutch (2.9%)
French (except Basque) (1.6%)
Danish (1.4%)
English (1.4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Thailand (43%)
Mexico (43%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 365 (78%)
Carpooled: 56 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
Walked: 16 (3%)
Other means: 2 (0%)
Worked at home: 26 (6%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (53%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
Electricity (18%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
Solar energy (1%)

95.0% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 997

In family households: 925 (246 male householders, 33 female householders)
252 spouses, 381 children (374 natural, 7 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 3 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 72 (25 male householders (20 living alone)), 42 female householders (42 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 113 2-persons, 48 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 62 1-person, 5 2-persons.

219 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (9 men, 34 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35

Here:	25.7%
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:	77.8%
Iowa:	25.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

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Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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