Brighton township, Washington County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Brighton township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Brighton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 777
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 79
- South: 4
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 332
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 22
- 10 to 19: 2
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in Brighton township with a mortgage: 96 (4 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 106
- Construction (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brighton township:
- German (44.2%)
- English (13.3%)
- United States or American (10.0%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- Dutch (6.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
- Swedish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (60%)
- Germany (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 328 (70%)
- Carpooled: 101 (22%)
- Walked: 16 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 19 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
97.5% of residents of Brighton township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 902- In family households: 749 (223 male householders, 31 female householders)
210 spouses, 243 children (220 natural, 4 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 153 (54 male householders (38 living alone)), 60 female householders (51 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 111 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 37 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 13 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
161 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (22 men, 33 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: 2
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |