Crocker township, Polk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (30% naturalized citizens)
| Crocker township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
45% of Crocker township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 20260
- Northeast: 474
- Midwest: 4639
- South: 938
- West: 1114
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $167,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Crocker township, Iowa:
- 280 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 73 people in nursing homes
- 53 people in other group homes
- 19 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,530
- One, attached: 703
- Two: 236
- 3 or 4: 162
- 5 to 9: 722
- 10 to 19: 758
- 20 to 49: 356
- 50 or more: 71
- Mobile homes: 506
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,300
Housing units in Crocker township with a mortgage: 5,813 (544 second mortgage, 827 home equity loan, 52 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,283
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Crocker township:
- German (34.4%)
- English (10.3%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- Norwegian (7.1%)
- Swedish (4.3%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (47%)
- Vietnam (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Mexico (3%)
- Germany (3%)
- India (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 14,128 (85%)
- Carpooled: 1,314 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 253 (2%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 164 (1%)
- Other means: 30 (0%)
- Worked at home: 645 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Crocker township, Iowa:
- 280 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 73 people in nursing homes
- 53 people in other group homes
- 19 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in religious group quarters
94.8% of residents of Crocker township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 27,928- In family households: 24,546 (6,329 male householders, 1,482 female householders)
6,788 spouses, 9,078 children (8,327 natural, 232 adopted, 519 stepchildren), 188 grandchildren, 83 brothers or sisters, 75 parents, 153 other relatives, 370 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,382 (1,266 male householders (950 living alone)), 1,406 female householders (1,069 living alone)), 710 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 436 (76 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,074 2-persons, 1,849 3-persons, 1,966 4-persons, 724 5-persons, 158 6-persons, 40 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,019 1-person, 603 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
6,716 married couples with children.
953 single-parent households (220 men, 733 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 85
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 540
| Here: | 30.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |