Emmetsburg township, Palo Alto County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Emmetsburg township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Emmetsburg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1381
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 438
- South: 237
- West: 151
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
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
People in group quarters in Emmetsburg township, Iowa:
- 172 people in nursing homes
- 90 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 42 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 42 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 25 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 657
- One, attached: 23
- Two: 15
- Mobile homes: 243
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,400
Housing units in Emmetsburg township with a mortgage: 192 (19 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 146
- Textile mills and textile products (16%)
- Construction (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Textile mills and textile products (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Woodworkers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Emmetsburg township:
- United States or American (39.6%)
- German (16.2%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- English (5.7%)
- Welsh (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (55%)
- Philippines (27%)
- Brazil (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 813 (84%)
- Carpooled: 142 (15%)
- Walked: 3 (0%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 13 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Wood (21%)
- Utility gas (10%)
People in group quarters in Emmetsburg township, Iowa:
- 172 people in nursing homes
- 90 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 42 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 42 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 25 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.6% of residents of Emmetsburg township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,260- In family households: 2,071 (590 male householders, 99 female householders)
571 spouses, 671 children (597 natural, 30 adopted, 44 stepchildren), 53 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 42 parents, 12 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 189 (91 male householders (78 living alone)), 76 female householders (74 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 308 2-persons, 178 3-persons, 119 4-persons, 63 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 152 1-person, 10 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
493 married couples with children.
102 single-parent households (26 men, 76 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 3.5% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 1.9% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 31.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |