Eagle Grove township, Wright County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Eagle Grove township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
51% of Eagle Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 10% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1183
- Northeast: 240
- Midwest: 3504
- South: 813
- West: 340
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $141,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
84 people in nursing homes
14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,013
- Mobile homes: 106
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,700
Housing units in Eagle Grove township with a mortgage: 1,212 (67 second mortgage, 51 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,100
- Department and other general merchandise stores (13%)
- Construction (13%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Eagle Grove township:
- German (28.3%)
- English (17.4%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- United States or American (7.0%)
- Swedish (4.5%)
- Norwegian (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (34%)
- United Kingdom (26%)
- Philippines (21%)
- Japan (12%)
- Colombia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,704 (83%)
- Carpooled: 200 (10%)
- Walked: 53 (3%)
- Other means: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 71 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (67%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Wood (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
84 people in nursing homes
14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.5% of residents of Eagle Grove township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,177- In family households: 5,545 (2,189 male householders, 207 female householders)
2,235 spouses, 795 children (695 natural, 63 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 20 other relatives, 61 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 632 (219 male householders (166 living alone)), 302 female householders (265 living alone)), 111 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 1,910 2-persons, 289 3-persons, 123 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 431 1-person, 74 2-persons, 16 4-persons,
776 married couples with children.
211 single-parent households (57 men, 154 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
| Here: | 10.7% |
| 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: 18
| Here: | 22.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |