Center township, Clinton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 77 (17% naturalized citizens)
| Center township: | 77.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
52% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 17502
- Northeast: 228
- Midwest: 1093
- South: 3101
- West: 1001
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,476
- One, attached: 114
- Two: 277
- 3 or 4: 334
- 5 to 9: 316
- 10 to 19: 205
- 20 to 49: 333
- 50 or more: 169
- Mobile homes: 1,888
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 54
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,800
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 1,983 (180 second mortgage, 73 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,734
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Food (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Rail transportation (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Other direct selling establishments (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- United States or American (25.1%)
- English (9.2%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- German (6.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- African (2.1%)
- European (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (47%)
- Germany (10%)
- Japan (7%)
- Honduras (5%)
- Other Eastern Africa (4%)
- Taiwan (4%)
- Guatemala (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,047 (76%)
- Carpooled: 1,465 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 28 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 22 (0%)
- Walked: 698 (7%)
- Other means: 50 (0%)
- Worked at home: 228 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (5%)
95.9% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 40% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (13% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 61% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 21,208- In family households: 17,473 (4,505 male householders, 1,396 female householders)
4,561 spouses, 5,876 children (5,232 natural, 130 adopted, 514 stepchildren), 417 grandchildren, 124 brothers or sisters, 108 parents, 256 other relatives, 230 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,735 (1,194 male householders (887 living alone)), 1,798 female householders (1,562 living alone)), 743 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,338 (274 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,827 2-persons, 1,347 3-persons, 1,122 4-persons, 412 5-persons, 167 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,449 1-person, 416 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
149 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (9 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 102
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,414
| Here: | 39.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |