Diamond Lake township, Dickinson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 28.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population: 296 (all rural)
| Males: 149 |  (50.3%) |
| Females: 147 |  (49.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 296 (263 owner occupied, 33 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 11% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Diamond Lake township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 39.8
Median age of females: 37.8
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Average household size: 2.72
| Diamond Lake township: | 2.7 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.19
| Diamond Lake township: | $56,554 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $493 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $163,040 (it was $94,700 in 2000)
| : | $163,040 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 10 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 6.5% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Diamond Lake township: Walker Farms (A), Brandt Farms (B), Vicks Corner World (C), Montgomery (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and swamps: Grovers Lake (A), Diamond Lake (B), Lazy Lagoon (C), Welsh Lake (D), McBreen Marsh (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Diamond Lake township include: Diamond Lake Wildlife Management Area (1), Welsh Lake Wildlife Management Area (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
72% of Diamond Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 0% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 149
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 19
- South: 21
- West: 9
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 61
- Mobile homes: 72
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Diamond Lake township with a mortgage: 18 (0 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17
- Construction (17%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Health and personal care, except drug, stores (6%)
- Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Social assistance (17%)
- Public administration (16%)
- Health care (14%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
- Cashiers (13%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Diamond Lake township:
- English (25.2%)
- German (19.1%)
- Irish (16.5%)
- United States or American (11.3%)
- Polish (9.6%)
- Dutch (5.2%)
- Welsh (5.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 74 (72%)
- Carpooled: 13 (13%)
- Worked at home: 16 (16%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (53%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 215- In family households: 194 (54 male householders, 16 female householders)
75 spouses, 49 children (43 natural, 6 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 21 (7 male householders (7 living alone)), 14 female householders (14 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 35 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 21 4-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 21 1-person,
74 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (3 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 46.2% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |