Clark township, Tama County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Clark township: | 4.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
53% of Clark township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1987
- Northeast: 92
- Midwest: 371
- South: 465
- West: 184
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $89,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
48 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 769
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 389
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $56,200
Housing units in Clark township with a mortgage: 418 (79 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 108
- Construction (19%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clark township:
- United States or American (32.5%)
- German (10.6%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- English (9.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.7%)
- Russian (2.1%)
- Italian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (21%)
- Guatemala (18%)
- Spain (16%)
- Korea (13%)
- Mexico (12%)
- Germany (6%)
- Japan (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,236 (81%)
- Carpooled: 238 (16%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 18 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 16 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (44%)
- Utility gas (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (6%)
48 people in nursing homes
96.0% of residents of Clark township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,205- In family households: 2,952 (740 male householders, 181 female householders)
738 spouses, 1,110 children (1,010 natural, 15 adopted, 85 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 77 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 253 (86 male householders (61 living alone)), 101 female householders (86 living alone)), 66 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 375 2-persons, 195 3-persons, 212 4-persons, 101 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 147 1-person, 20 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
326 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (24 men, 47 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 2.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 22
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 12.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |