Douglas township, Adams County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 384 (21% naturalized citizens)
| Douglas township: | 383.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
48% of Douglas township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4304
- Northeast: 90
- Midwest: 527
- South: 755
- West: 652
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $127,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,188
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 141
- 3 or 4: 47
- 5 to 9: 111
- 10 to 19: 46
- 20 to 49: 37
- Mobile homes: 358
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,900
Housing units in Douglas township with a mortgage: 912 (29 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 547
- Food (17%)
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Food (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Food processing workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Douglas township:
- United States or American (31.8%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- German (7.8%)
- English (6.4%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (66%)
- El Salvador (29%)
- Honduras (1%)
- Guatemala (1%)
- Germany (1%)
- Philippines (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,384 (78%)
- Carpooled: 487 (16%)
- Walked: 114 (4%)
- Other means: 44 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (50%)
- Utility gas (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
87.7% of residents of Douglas township speak English at home.
11.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (24% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,915- In family households: 6,115 (1,501 male householders, 433 female householders)
1,469 spouses, 2,193 children (1,969 natural, 49 adopted, 175 stepchildren), 122 grandchildren, 65 brothers or sisters, 79 parents, 93 other relatives, 160 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 800 (226 male householders (186 living alone)), 485 female householders (460 living alone)), 89 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 124 (119 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 838 2-persons, 412 3-persons, 441 4-persons, 159 5-persons, 46 6-persons, 38 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 646 1-person, 52 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
33 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (5 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 3.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 28
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |