Center Grove township, Dickinson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Center Grove township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
53% of Center Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5352
- Northeast: 47
- Midwest: 1587
- South: 204
- West: 324
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $126,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
137 people in nursing homes
9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,303
- One, attached: 153
- Two: 122
- 3 or 4: 193
- 5 to 9: 204
- 10 to 19: 262
- 20 to 49: 234
- Mobile homes: 923
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Center Grove township with a mortgage: 1,148 (32 second mortgage, 127 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 771
- Construction (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center Grove township:
- German (44.5%)
- Norwegian (10.7%)
- English (8.5%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- United States or American (6.7%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- Swedish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (39%)
- Canada (22%)
- United Kingdom (16%)
- Germany (8%)
- Netherlands (8%)
- Italy (4%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,075 (80%)
- Carpooled: 436 (11%)
- Bicycle: 26 (1%)
- Walked: 108 (3%)
- Other means: 20 (1%)
- Worked at home: 166 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- No fuel used (1%)
137 people in nursing homes
9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.0% of residents of Center Grove township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,430- In family households: 5,970 (1,719 male householders, 373 female householders)
1,777 spouses, 1,922 children (1,737 natural, 45 adopted, 140 stepchildren), 42 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 27 other relatives, 65 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,460 (508 male householders (391 living alone)), 762 female householders (715 living alone)), 190 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 143 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,150 2-persons, 435 3-persons, 326 4-persons, 125 5-persons, 49 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,106 1-person, 147 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
1,211 married couples with children.
367 single-parent households (74 men, 293 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 1.2% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 0.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 39
| Here: | 20.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |