Carson township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Carson township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Carson 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, 72% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 595
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 133
- South: 18
- West: 41
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 326
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 3
- 10 to 19: 10
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $95,000
Housing units in Carson township with a mortgage: 113 (22 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 120
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Finance and insurance (20%)
- Health care (20%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Food (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Carson township:
- German (35.5%)
- English (15.5%)
- Irish (13.8%)
- United States or American (11.6%)
- Swedish (4.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.5%)
- Danish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (56%)
- Vietnam (22%)
- Canada (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 346 (80%)
- Carpooled: 55 (13%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 25 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (1%)
94.6% of residents of Carson township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 806- In family households: 719 (192 male householders, 62 female householders)
208 spouses, 234 children (200 natural, 10 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 87 (23 male householders (23 living alone)), 60 female householders (55 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 130 2-persons, 58 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 78 1-person, 5 2-persons,
133 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (10 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |