Eden township, Carroll County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 13 (48% naturalized citizens)
Eden township: | 13.2% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Eden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3365
- Northeast: 120
- Midwest: 643
- South: 815
- West: 487
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,612
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 82
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 21
- 20 to 49: 1
- 50 or more: 4
- Mobile homes: 371
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,800
Housing units in Eden township with a mortgage: 809 (61 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 339
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (30%)
- Construction (18%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Health care (31%)
- Social assistance (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (27%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Child care workers (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Eden township:
- United States or American (37.5%)
- English (13.6%)
- German (12.4%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (33%)
- Mexico (31%)
- Laos (11%)
- Argentina (8%)
- Canada (8%)
- India (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,111 (84%)
- Carpooled: 297 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 5 (0%)
- Other means: 23 (1%)
- Worked at home: 63 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (52%)
- Utility gas (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (7%)
96.6% of residents of Eden township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,533- In family households: 5,020 (1,380 male householders, 231 female householders)
1,338 spouses, 1,739 children (1,506 natural, 58 adopted, 175 stepchildren), 91 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 53 other relatives, 116 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 513 (207 male householders (173 living alone)), 218 female householders (185 living alone)), 88 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 668 2-persons, 392 3-persons, 331 4-persons, 171 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 358 1-person, 56 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
164 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (3 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
Here: | 3.1% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 1.6% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 1.4% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |