Chester township, Poweshiek County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Chester township: | 3.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Chester township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 386
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 9
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 139
Housing units in Chester township with a mortgage: 26 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16
- Construction (15%)
- Textile mills and textile products (12%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Textile mills and textile products (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (3%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chester township:
- German (21.4%)
- Dutch (16.1%)
- Norwegian (13.6%)
- English (11.8%)
- Czech (10.8%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- Danish (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 150 (66%)
- Carpooled: 7 (3%)
- Worked at home: 72 (31%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (79%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (4%)
95.2% of residents of Chester township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 406- In family households: 387 (110 male householders, 22 female householders)
112 spouses, 143 children (116 natural, 27 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 19 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 19 female householders (19 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 61 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 20 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 19 1-person,
63 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (1 men, 5 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |