Collins township, Story County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 795 (all rural)
| Males: 398 |  (50.1%) |
| Females: 397 |  (49.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 795 (618 owner occupied, 177 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 22% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Collins township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.7%
- Black: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 39.7
Median age of females: 40.6
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Average household size: 2.49
| Collins township: | 2.5 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.04
| Collins township: | $50,279 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $655 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $158,100 (it was $110,600 in 2000)
| : | $158,100 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 22 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 13.0% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 9.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Collins.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Collins Cemetery (1), Deeter Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Hendrickson Marsh Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Collins township: Hendrickson Marsh State Hunting Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
75% of Collins township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 419
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 95
- South: 116
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 253
- One, attached: 8
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 46
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,900
Housing units in Collins township with a mortgage: 49 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 66
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Health care (12%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Woodworkers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Lawyers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Collins township:
- United States or American (20.9%)
- German (13.8%)
- English (12.4%)
- Dutch (4.0%)
- Irish (3.8%)
- Italian (1.4%)
- Norwegian (1.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 209 (75%)
- Carpooled: 34 (12%)
- Walked: 16 (6%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Wood (20%)
- Utility gas (1%)
95.6% of residents of Collins township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 13% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 682- In family households: 615 (184 male householders, 17 female householders)
176 spouses, 212 children (202 natural, 4 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 67 (31 male householders (24 living alone)), 27 female householders (24 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 107 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 48 1-person, 10 2-persons,
165 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (11 men, 12 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): 3
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |