Clear Lake township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Clear Lake township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Clear Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1248
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 262
- South: 18
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $181,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,059
- One, attached: 21
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 38
- 5 to 9: 22
- 10 to 19: 10
- Mobile homes: 49
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,400
Housing units in Clear Lake township with a mortgage: 245 (19 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 196
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (10%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clear Lake township:
- German (44.5%)
- Norwegian (11.1%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- English (7.9%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- Danish (2.8%)
- Swedish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Russia (17%)
- Japan (17%)
- Panama (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 679 (82%)
- Carpooled: 72 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (2%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 32 (4%)
- Worked at home: 35 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Other fuel (1%)
94.4% of residents of Clear Lake township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 46% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,602- In family households: 1,402 (451 male householders, 47 female householders)
455 spouses, 429 children (392 natural, 16 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 0 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 200 (104 male householders (91 living alone)), 78 female householders (76 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 265 2-persons, 98 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 167 1-person, 13 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
324 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (9 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 11.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |