Crystal township, Hancock County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 529 (all rural)
| Males: 274 |  (51.8%) |
| Females: 255 |  (48.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 529 (437 owner occupied, 92 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 17% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Crystal township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.9%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 41.9
Median age of females: 42.3
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Average household size: 2.39
| Crystal township: | 2.4 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.88
| Crystal township: | $50,478 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $453 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $87,084 (it was $61,500 in 2000)
| : | $87,084 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 15 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 13.3% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 8.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Crystal Lake.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Crystal township: Upper Flat Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Crystal Township Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lake: Crystal Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Parks in Crystal township include: Eight Mile Pits Wildlife Management Area (1), Gladfelter Marsh Wildlife Management Area (2), Crystal Hills Wildlife Management Area (3), Crystal Lake State Game Mgt Area (4), Ellsworth College Park (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
66% of Crystal township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 460
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 64
- South: 2
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 214
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 13
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,800
Housing units in Crystal township with a mortgage: 67 (2 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 58
- Transportation equipment (32%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Transportation equipment (37%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food (3%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (12%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Crystal township:
- German (40.6%)
- Norwegian (22.5%)
- Swedish (6.0%)
- Danish (3.7%)
- Dutch (3.7%)
- Irish (3.7%)
- English (3.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 190 (63%)
- Carpooled: 86 (28%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 20 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (79%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.7% of residents of Crystal township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (10% speak English well, 90% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 536- In family households: 452 (128 male householders, 24 female householders)
121 spouses, 154 children (138 natural, 4 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 84 (43 male householders (36 living alone)), 26 female householders (20 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 75 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 56 1-person, 11 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
76 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (17 men, 13 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: 4
| Here: | 23.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |