English River township, Washington County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (32% naturalized citizens)
| English River township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of English River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2405
- Northeast: 51
- Midwest: 71
- South: 138
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
96 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 468
- 3 or 4: 19
- Mobile homes: 268
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,900
Housing units in English River township with a mortgage: 143 (30 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 165
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Health care (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Private households (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in English River township:
- United States or American (51.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (10.1%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- English (7.3%)
- Scottish (4.9%)
- German (3.0%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (68%)
- Laos (32%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 669 (71%)
- Carpooled: 221 (23%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 40 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (40%)
- Wood (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96 people in nursing homes
98.9% of residents of English River township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,997- In family households: 1,815 (508 male householders, 77 female householders)
555 spouses, 556 children (478 natural, 39 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 90 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 18 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 182 (68 male householders (49 living alone)), 86 female householders (76 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 726 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 238 2-persons, 173 3-persons, 121 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 125 1-person, 29 2-persons,
834 married couples with children.
99 single-parent households (18 men, 81 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): 1
| Here: | 0.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 48.1% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |