Decorah township, Winneshiek County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (18% naturalized citizens)
| Decorah township: | 3.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
50% of Decorah 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, 39% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6038
- Northeast: 74
- Midwest: 2775
- South: 223
- West: 349
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $207,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Decorah township, Iowa:
- 1,941 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 291 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,460
- One, attached: 46
- Two: 333
- 3 or 4: 265
- 5 to 9: 240
- 10 to 19: 79
- 20 to 49: 55
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 103
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,300
Housing units in Decorah township with a mortgage: 1,112 (77 second mortgage, 170 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 836
- Construction (29%)
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Textile mills and textile products (14%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (11%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Health care (31%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Construction (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (24%)
- Carpenters (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Art and design workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (16%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
- Therapists (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Decorah township:
- Norwegian (35.3%)
- German (30.2%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- English (5.1%)
- Swedish (2.3%)
- Czech (2.0%)
- United States or American (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (13%)
- Ghana (12%)
- Vietnam (10%)
- Pakistan (9%)
- Dominican Republic (7%)
- Other South Central Asia (6%)
- Guatemala (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,422 (63%)
- Carpooled: 346 (6%)
- Taxi: 5 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 21 (0%)
- Bicycle: 43 (1%)
- Walked: 1,350 (25%)
- Other means: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 195 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Decorah township, Iowa:
- 1,941 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 291 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
92.8% of residents of Decorah township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (41% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,617- In family households: 5,953 (1,784 male householders, 266 female householders)
1,803 spouses, 1,951 children (1,851 natural, 69 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 38 other relatives, 66 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,664 (460 male householders (328 living alone)), 881 female householders (793 living alone)), 323 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,269 (276 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,049 2-persons, 390 3-persons, 365 4-persons, 169 5-persons, 66 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,121 1-person, 170 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
1,403 married couples with children.
281 single-parent households (54 men, 227 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 230
| Here: | 28.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,167
| Here: | 91.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |