Cedar township, Calhoun County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (77% naturalized citizens)
| Cedar township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
75% of Cedar township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1890
- Northeast: 102
- Midwest: 44
- South: 47
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 540
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 27
- Mobile homes: 300
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,400
Housing units in Cedar township with a mortgage: 234 (31 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 197
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (30%)
- Construction (17%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Food (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Rail transportation (4%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (21%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cedar township:
- United States or American (4.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
- German (1.2%)
- African (1.2%)
- Scottish (1.1%)
- English (0.7%)
- Irish (0.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (85%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 571 (82%)
- Carpooled: 125 (18%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 2 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (40%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Wood (6%)
98.2% of residents of Cedar township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,101- In family households: 1,889 (384 male householders, 187 female householders)
350 spouses, 674 children (617 natural, 12 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 156 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 69 other relatives, 42 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 212 (128 male householders (106 living alone)), 51 female householders (42 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 185 2-persons, 159 3-persons, 101 4-persons, 86 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 148 1-person, 31 2-persons,
101 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (1 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 10.1% |
| 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% |