Valley township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa (IA)

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Valley township, IA map Land area: 34.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 442 (all rural)

Males: 223	(50.5%)
Females: 219	(49.5%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 442 (342 owner occupied, 100 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	23%
State:	28%

Races in Valley township:

White Non-Hispanic: 97.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.7%
Asian: 0.2%

Median age of males: 40.3
Median age of females: 40.9

Average houshold size: 2.57
Average family size: 2.92

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Population density: 13 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	7.0%
Whole state:	9.1%

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

This township:	3.9%
Whole state:	3.8%

Cities in this township include: Hancock.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemetery: Oak Hill Cemetery.

Number of foreign born residents: 4 (0% naturalized citizens)

Valley township:	0.9%
State:	3.1%

73% of Valley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Iowa.

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

This state: 346
Northeast: 4
Midwest: 84
South: 4
West: 15

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $31,900

Valley township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 172
Mobile homes: 10

Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200

Housing units in Valley township with a mortgage: 27 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 51

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 0
1995 to 1998: 8
1990 to 1994: 0
1980 to 1989: 12
1970 to 1979: 17
1960 to 1969: 10
1950 to 1959: 6
1940 to 1949: 9
1939 or earlier: 120

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

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 0
4 rooms: 9
5 rooms: 21
6 rooms: 23
7 rooms: 36
8 rooms: 24
9 or more rooms: 15

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

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

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

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 0
2 bedrooms: 35
3 bedrooms: 51
4 bedrooms: 25
5 or more bedrooms: 17

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Valley township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 0
2 bedrooms: 9
3 bedrooms: 14
4 bedrooms: 16
5 or more bedrooms: 2

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

no vehicle: 0
1 vehicle: 25
2 vehicles: 59
3 vehicles: 33
4 vehicles: 2
5 or more vehicles: 9

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

no vehicle: 2
1 vehicle: 13
2 vehicles: 21
3 vehicles: 3
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 2

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
Construction (10%)
Food (10%)
Public administration (10%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
Truck transportation (7%)
Machinery (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (20%)
Health care (15%)
Food (9%)
Finance and insurance (9%)
Other direct selling establishments (8%)
U. S. Postal service (6%)
Warehousing and storage (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (14%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Food processing workers (6%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Valley township:

German (42.0%)
United States or American (21.0%)
Danish (7.5%)
Irish (7.2%)
French (except Basque) (3.0%)
Norwegian (3.0%)
English (2.8%)

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

Guatemala (100%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 195 (77%)
Carpooled: 32 (13%)
Walked: 12 (5%)
Worked at home: 14 (6%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (60%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
Electricity (9%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)

95.8% of residents of Valley township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 44% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 457

In family households: 416 (114 male householders, 30 female householders)
113 spouses, 150 children (126 natural, 4 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 41 (25 male householders (21 living alone)), 13 female householders (13 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 70 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 3 6-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 4 2-persons.

84 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (6 men, 7 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: 0

Here:	0.0%
Iowa:	25.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Valley township:

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