Colony township, Adams County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 68 (24% naturalized citizens)
| Colony township: | 68.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Colony township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6023
- Northeast: 365
- Midwest: 415
- South: 877
- West: 87
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $100,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,909
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 31
- 3 or 4: 46
- Mobile homes: 764
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,400
Housing units in Colony township with a mortgage: 1,306 (103 second mortgage, 386 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 652
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Construction (19%)
- Food (9%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Health care (9%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (21%)
- Art and design workers (9%)
- Food processing workers (9%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (7%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Colony township:
- United States or American (36.1%)
- German (14.1%)
- English (9.9%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- Italian (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (70%)
- Cambodia (9%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (7%)
- Germany (6%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- South Africa (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,297 (82%)
- Carpooled: 566 (14%)
- Railroad: 17 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (0%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 101 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (60%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- No fuel used (1%)
95.8% of residents of Colony township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (38% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,902- In family households: 6,970 (1,880 male householders, 429 female householders)
2,002 spouses, 2,187 children (1,949 natural, 46 adopted, 192 stepchildren), 152 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 163 other relatives, 99 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 932 (452 male householders (382 living alone)), 335 female householders (293 living alone)), 145 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 36 (28 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,000 2-persons, 581 3-persons, 477 4-persons, 160 5-persons, 77 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 675 1-person, 82 2-persons, 30 3-persons,
52 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (2 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 45
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 27
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
| Here: | 17.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |