Center township, Pocahontas County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Center township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% 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: 1613
- Northeast: 55
- Midwest: 202
- South: 72
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Center township, Iowa:
- 47 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 4 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 4 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 836
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 29
- 3 or 4: 35
- 5 to 9: 21
- Mobile homes: 34
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 286 (23 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 407
- Construction (22%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Food (11%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Fuel dealers (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (17%)
- Food (15%)
- Health care (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Electricians (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (43.1%)
- United States or American (10.8%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- Czech (6.5%)
- English (6.0%)
- Norwegian (5.9%)
- Swedish (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (71%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 648 (81%)
- Carpooled: 88 (11%)
- Bicycle: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 16 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 31 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Center township, Iowa:
- 47 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 4 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 4 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
97.7% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,933- In family households: 1,543 (441 male householders, 81 female householders)
456 spouses, 538 children (488 natural, 11 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 3 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 390 (125 male householders (110 living alone)), 244 female householders (238 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 59 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 275 2-persons, 91 3-persons, 102 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 24 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 348 1-person, 17 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
337 married couples with children.
101 single-parent households (22 men, 79 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
| Here: | 14.0% |
| 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: 15
| Here: | 36.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |