Des Moines township, Boone County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (21% naturalized citizens)
| Des Moines township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Des Moines township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 26% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 213
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 7
- South: 44
- West: 9
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Des Moines township, Iowa:
- 345 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 93
- Mobile homes: 37
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,800
Housing units in Des Moines township with a mortgage: 12 (7 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19
- Construction (16%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other direct selling establishments (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Des Moines township:
- Irish (39.8%)
- German (8.9%)
- Swedish (7.3%)
- French (except Basque) (6.5%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.9%)
- Canadian (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 29 (32%)
- Carpooled: 30 (33%)
- Walked: 15 (16%)
- Worked at home: 17 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Wood (28%)
- Electricity (23%)
People in group quarters in Des Moines township, Iowa:
- 345 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in other nonhousehold living situations
94.0% of residents of Des Moines township speak English at home.
6.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (18% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 47% speak English not well, 18% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 275- In family households: 245 (70 male householders, 9 female householders)
66 spouses, 81 children (76 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 30 (23 male householders (23 living alone)), 7 female householders (7 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 40 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person,
2,396 married couples with children.
730 single-parent households (122 men, 608 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% |