Cedar township, Jefferson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Cedar township: | 8.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Cedar township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 17% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 617
- Northeast: 289
- Midwest: 196
- South: 566
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $83,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,901
- One, attached: 128
- Two: 62
- 3 or 4: 176
- 5 to 9: 233
- 10 to 19: 62
- Mobile homes: 112
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,700
Housing units in Cedar township with a mortgage: 305 (0 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 218
- Construction (14%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (12%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Chemicals (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Food and beverage stores (17%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Health and personal care, except drug, stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Engineers (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (11%)
- Top executives (9%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Cashiers (14%)
- Personal appearance workers (10%)
- Therapists (9%)
- Other financial specialists (7%)
- Art and design workers (6%)
- Lawyers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cedar township:
- English (27.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (15.5%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- German (11.0%)
- United States or American (9.0%)
- Scottish (4.8%)
- Italian (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (30%)
- South Africa (21%)
- Other Caribbean (15%)
- Canada (13%)
- India (11%)
- Other Eastern Africa (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 540 (80%)
- Carpooled: 94 (14%)
- Walked: 11 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 20 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
97.0% of residents of Cedar township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,758- In family households: 1,460 (455 male householders, 113 female householders)
518 spouses, 348 children (268 natural, 32 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 298 (89 male householders (51 living alone)), 151 female householders (133 living alone)), 58 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 382 2-persons, 107 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 184 1-person, 56 2-persons,
119 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (5 men, 13 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): 10
| Here: | 14.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 58.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |