Center township, Calhoun County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Center township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
50% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 977
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 171
- South: 18
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
408 people in state prisons
41 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 324
- One, attached: 4
- 5 to 9: 45
- 20 to 49: 13
- 50 or more: 55
- Mobile homes: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 113 (0 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 103
- Wood products (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Food (3%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (44.4%)
- English (9.0%)
- United States or American (8.6%)
- Irish (5.2%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
- Norwegian (3.1%)
- Swedish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Thailand (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 296 (91%)
- Carpooled: 7 (2%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (2%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 10 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
408 people in state prisons
41 people in nursing homes
96.7% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
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 well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 752- In family households: 618 (193 male householders, 21 female householders)
191 spouses, 205 children (189 natural, 13 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 134 (30 male householders (30 living alone)), 104 female householders (104 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 454 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 117 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 57 4-persons, 16 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 134 1-person,
125 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (5 men, 15 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): 7
| Here: | 8.4% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |