Douglas township, Boone County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 17.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 2,344 (all rural)
Males: 1,127 | ![]() |
Females: 1,217 | ![]() |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,190 (1,830 owner occupied, 360 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 16% |
State: | 28% |
Races in Douglas township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.2%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.0%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 39.3
Median age of females: 41.1
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Average household size: 2.49
Douglas township: | 2.5 people |
Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.00
Douglas 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: 136 people per square mile | (average). |
This township: | 18.5% |
Whole state: | 9.1% |
Cities in this township include: Madrid.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Camp Laurie (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Douglas township: Church of God Prophecy (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Dalander Cemetery (1), Fairview Cemetery (2), Mount Hope Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Richardson Branch (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Parks in Douglas township include: Swede Point Park (1), Long Refuge (2), Iowa Arboretum (3), Edgewood Park (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
64% of Douglas township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 8% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 88
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 31
- South: 32
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
154 people in nursing homes
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 57
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $71,700
Housing units in Douglas township with a mortgage: 17 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Health care (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Douglas township:
- German (45.9%)
- United States or American (18.8%)
- French (except Basque) (12.0%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- English (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 51 (74%)
- Carpooled: 10 (14%)
- Worked at home: 8 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Wood (33%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Utility gas (3%)
154 people in nursing homes
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 157- In family households: 141 (50 male householders, 0 female householders)
49 spouses, 34 children (31 natural, 0 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 16 (9 male householders (9 living alone)), 7 female householders (7 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 27 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person,
458 married couples with children.
84 single-parent households (28 men, 56 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% |