Dodge township, Boone County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Dodge township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
79% of Dodge township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 472
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 35
- South: 1
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 213
- Two: 5
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $91,300
Housing units in Dodge township with a mortgage: 66 (12 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 35
- Construction (21%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (3%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dodge township:
- German (27.6%)
- United States or American (13.8%)
- Norwegian (11.4%)
- Swedish (10.2%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- English (8.6%)
- French (except Basque) (6.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (67%)
- Vietnam (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 250 (78%)
- Carpooled: 41 (13%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (78%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.2% of residents of Dodge township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 546- In family households: 490 (145 male householders, 9 female householders)
133 spouses, 179 children (159 natural, 13 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 5 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 56 (24 male householders (12 living alone)), 16 female householders (12 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 64 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 24 1-person, 16 2-persons,
109 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (9 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |