Calmar township, Winneshiek County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Calmar township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Calmar township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1710
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 205
- South: 17
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 666
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 28
- 5 to 9: 34
- 10 to 19: 28
- Mobile homes: 33
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000
Housing units in Calmar township with a mortgage: 225 (15 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 221
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Calmar township:
- German (51.4%)
- Czech (15.9%)
- Norwegian (14.8%)
- United States or American (5.1%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- Czechoslovakian (1.9%)
- English (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (27%)
- Germany (18%)
- Other Western Europe (18%)
- Italy (18%)
- Guatemala (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 819 (78%)
- Carpooled: 63 (6%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 49 (5%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 107 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
3 people in religious group quarters
93.7% of residents of Calmar township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
4.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,959- In family households: 1,608 (438 male householders, 74 female householders)
426 spouses, 627 children (577 natural, 23 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 0 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 351 (137 male householders (100 living alone)), 140 female householders (129 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 210 2-persons, 105 3-persons, 101 4-persons, 81 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 229 1-person, 34 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
437 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (16 men, 53 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 56
| Here: | 24.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 6.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |