Elkhorn township, Plymouth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Elkhorn township: | 5.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Elkhorn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 26% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 154
- Northeast: 112
- Midwest: 114
- South: 1068
- West: 93
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 754
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 8
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 213
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,600
Housing units in Elkhorn township with a mortgage: 250 (15 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 82
- Construction (36%)
- Public administration (15%)
- Repair and maintenance (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Air transportation (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (9%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elkhorn township:
- United States or American (34.0%)
- English (14.3%)
- German (9.4%)
- Scottish (6.6%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- French (except Basque) (5.1%)
- European (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 620 (77%)
- Carpooled: 156 (19%)
- Subway or elevated: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 6 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Wood (6%)
99.2% of residents of Elkhorn township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,575- In family households: 1,358 (385 male householders, 51 female householders)
385 spouses, 488 children (378 natural, 26 adopted, 84 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 217 (67 male householders (54 living alone)), 111 female householders (88 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 174 2-persons, 109 3-persons, 119 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 142 1-person, 36 2-persons,
91 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (4 men, 0 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): 6
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 26.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |