Alden township, Hardin County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (12% naturalized citizens)
| Alden township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Alden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1147
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 81
- South: 37
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $35,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 480
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 42
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Alden township with a mortgage: 185 (18 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 141
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Construction (17%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (10%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Food (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Construction (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Alden township:
- German (51.7%)
- Norwegian (11.2%)
- United States or American (7.0%)
- English (5.5%)
- Irish (4.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.1%)
- Danish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (82%)
- Canada (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 527 (81%)
- Carpooled: 48 (7%)
- Walked: 18 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 47 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (1%)
95.7% of residents of Alden township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,326- In family households: 1,163 (314 male householders, 54 female householders)
322 spouses, 426 children (407 natural, 9 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 12 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 163 (54 male householders (46 living alone)), 95 female householders (92 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 161 2-persons, 81 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 19 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 138 1-person, 11 2-persons,
292 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (18 men, 41 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: 3
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |