Carroll township, O'Brien County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 24 (30% naturalized citizens)
Carroll township: | 23.5% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Carroll township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 24% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1664
- Northeast: 91
- Midwest: 1020
- South: 657
- West: 359
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $79,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,034
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 22
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 489
Median worth of mobile homes: $54,300
Housing units in Carroll township with a mortgage: 453 (19 second mortgage, 38 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 157
- Construction (13%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (10%)
- Food (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (17%)
- Health care (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Carroll township:
- United States or American (21.7%)
- Irish (14.4%)
- German (12.4%)
- English (11.5%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- Norwegian (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (68%)
- Canada (14%)
- Japan (5%)
- Korea (5%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Germany (2%)
- El Salvador (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,566 (85%)
- Carpooled: 205 (11%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 5 (0%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 60 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (9%)
- Other fuel (1%)
94.5% of residents of Carroll township speak English at home.
4.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,923- In family households: 3,649 (1,040 male householders, 145 female householders)
1,020 spouses, 1,233 children (1,069 natural, 32 adopted, 132 stepchildren), 98 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 42 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 274 (62 male householders (51 living alone)), 172 female householders (147 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 488 2-persons, 295 3-persons, 200 4-persons, 127 5-persons, 56 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 198 1-person, 34 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
127 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (8 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 72
Here: | 13.1% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
Here: | 3.7% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 6.4% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |