Arlington township, Woodbury County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Arlington township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Arlington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2607
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 137
- South: 196
- West: 51
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,079
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 80
- 3 or 4: 36
- 5 to 9: 27
- 20 to 49: 46
- 50 or more: 4
- Mobile homes: 152
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,100
Housing units in Arlington township with a mortgage: 345 (12 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 303
- Construction (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Arlington township:
- United States or American (26.6%)
- African (8.4%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- German (4.6%)
- English (2.3%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (42%)
- Other Western Africa (33%)
- United Kingdom (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 917 (76%)
- Carpooled: 235 (19%)
- Walked: 35 (3%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 11 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (3%)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.7% of residents of Arlington township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (47% speak English very well, 47% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,995- In family households: 2,609 (553 male householders, 317 female householders)
560 spouses, 956 children (826 natural, 20 adopted, 110 stepchildren), 82 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 20 other relatives, 74 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 386 (148 male householders (132 living alone)), 214 female householders (205 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 29 (12 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 387 2-persons, 251 3-persons, 142 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 337 1-person, 25 2-persons,
465 married couples with children.
90 single-parent households (21 men, 69 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 1.1% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |