Ashton township, Monona County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Ashton township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Ashton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 415
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 108
- South: 9
- West: 39
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 218
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 31
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,900
Housing units in Ashton township with a mortgage: 72 (7 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 77
- Construction (13%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ashton township:
- German (42.1%)
- United States or American (16.9%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- English (6.8%)
- Norwegian (5.1%)
- Swedish (4.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Sweden (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 209 (79%)
- Carpooled: 28 (11%)
- Bicycle: 4 (2%)
- Walked: 7 (3%)
- Worked at home: 16 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
98.1% of residents of Ashton township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 578- In family households: 482 (112 male householders, 35 female householders)
118 spouses, 180 children (169 natural, 5 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 96 (40 male householders (30 living alone)), 43 female householders (43 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 61 2-persons, 41 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 73 1-person, 8 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
117 married couples with children.
28 single-parent households (4 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 2.4% |
| 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% |