Erin township, Hancock County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 218 (all rural)
| Males: 115 |  (52.8%) |
| Females: 103 |  (47.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 218 (156 owner occupied, 62 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 28% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Erin township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.5%
Median age of males: 38.3
Median age of females: 42.3
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Average household size: 2.60
| Erin township: | 2.6 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.95
| Erin township: | $50,478 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $453 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $87,084 (it was $61,500 in 2000)
| : | $87,084 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 7.1% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 7.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Laconia (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Saint Patricks Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
77% of Erin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 0% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 203
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 14
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 92
Housing units in Erin township with a mortgage: 14 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14
- Paper (26%)
- Construction (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Chemicals (9%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (20%)
- Construction (16%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Office supplies and stationery stores (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (19%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (7%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (21%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (14%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (13%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (12%)
- Child care workers (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Erin township:
- German (36.0%)
- Dutch (15.2%)
- Czech (13.3%)
- Danish (12.3%)
- English (7.6%)
- Irish (6.2%)
- Swiss (3.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 104 (74%)
- Worked at home: 36 (26%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Utility gas (21%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Other fuel (7%)
92.1% of residents of Erin township speak English at home.
4.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 226- In family households: 197 (69 male householders, 0 female householders)
70 spouses, 58 children (58 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 29 (14 male householders (14 living alone)), 15 female householders (15 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 43 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 29 1-person,
45 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (2 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 84.0% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |