Clay township, Hardin County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Clay township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Clay township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 525
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 103
- South: 66
- West: 61
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 270
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 67
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Clay township with a mortgage: 60 (4 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 58
- Construction (31%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (4%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Health care (15%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Paper (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Construction laborers (12%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (9%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clay township:
- United States or American (43.7%)
- English (16.4%)
- Irish (14.6%)
- German (7.2%)
- Italian (2.7%)
- Danish (1.3%)
- French Canadian (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 215 (72%)
- Carpooled: 55 (18%)
- Walked: 10 (3%)
- Worked at home: 18 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Wood (12%)
97.9% of residents of Clay township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 766- In family households: 659 (173 male householders, 45 female householders)
177 spouses, 227 children (214 natural, 6 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 107 (35 male householders (30 living alone)), 61 female householders (56 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 78 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 25 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 86 1-person, 10 2-persons,
137 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (10 men, 7 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: 6
Here: | 24.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |