Dresden township, Chickasaw County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Dresden township: | 3.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Dresden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 724
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 30
- South: 17
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 309
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Dresden township with a mortgage: 97 (1 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 88
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Food (20%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Health care (25%)
- Food (17%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dresden township:
- German (61.5%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- United States or American (7.0%)
- Norwegian (6.6%)
- English (6.4%)
- Dutch (0.9%)
- Italian (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (97%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 267 (67%)
- Carpooled: 57 (14%)
- Bicycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 37 (9%)
- Worked at home: 36 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
94.4% of residents of Dresden township speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (26% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 34% speak English not well, 29% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 822- In family households: 726 (210 male householders, 37 female householders)
196 spouses, 268 children (247 natural, 1 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 96 (38 male householders (34 living alone)), 52 female householders (50 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 121 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 84 1-person, 6 2-persons,
180 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (19 men, 43 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% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |