English township, Iowa County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| English township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of English township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1357
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 119
- South: 48
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
57 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 594
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 15
- 10 to 19: 1
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,500
Housing units in English township with a mortgage: 226 (26 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 210
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Construction (23%)
- Utilities (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Gasoline stations (5%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Food and beverage stores (15%)
- Leather and allied products (10%)
- Gasoline stations (9%)
- Private households (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (25%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electricians (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Cashiers (18%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Secondary school teachers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in English township:
- German (42.7%)
- English (10.4%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- Dutch (4.9%)
- Norwegian (4.4%)
- Czech (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (43%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (29%)
- Philippines (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 504 (67%)
- Carpooled: 170 (23%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 27 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 45 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
57 people in nursing homes
96.5% of residents of English township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% 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).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,528- In family households: 1,299 (333 male householders, 90 female householders)
361 spouses, 469 children (412 natural, 18 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 5 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 229 (85 male householders (71 living alone)), 115 female householders (100 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 56 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 205 2-persons, 70 3-persons, 90 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 171 1-person, 28 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
301 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (14 men, 58 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |