Elkhorn township, Webster County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Elkhorn township: | 4.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
47% of Elkhorn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 15% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1194
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 278
- South: 202
- West: 94
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.7%
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
1,173 people in state prisons
36 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 289
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 2
Housing units in Elkhorn township with a mortgage: 118 (20 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 76
- Construction (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Gasoline stations (10%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Computer specialists (9%)
- Legal support workers (9%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elkhorn township:
- German (19.1%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Norwegian (6.4%)
- Swedish (6.0%)
- English (4.9%)
- African (4.7%)
- Czech (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (24%)
- Cuba (24%)
- Chile (22%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (16%)
- Thailand (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 276 (86%)
- Carpooled: 25 (8%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 16 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (2%)
1,173 people in state prisons
36 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
85.9% of residents of Elkhorn township speak English at home.
5.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
5.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (34% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other language at home (53% speak English very well, 48% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 696- In family households: 634 (184 male householders, 33 female householders)
204 spouses, 213 children (210 natural, 0 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 62 (32 male householders (32 living alone)), 30 female householders (30 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,217 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 125 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 62 1-person,
166 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (4 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 13.9% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 63
| Here: | 32.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |