Falls township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Falls township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Falls township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 26% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1218
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 143
- South: 334
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 436
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 42
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 111
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,200
Housing units in Falls township with a mortgage: 101 (3 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 98
- Construction (14%)
- Textile mills and textile products (13%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Falls township:
- United States or American (17.3%)
- Irish (3.8%)
- English (2.2%)
- German (2.0%)
- Italian (0.6%)
- African (0.6%)
- Dutch (0.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 366 (75%)
- Carpooled: 96 (20%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Other means: 13 (3%)
- Worked at home: 5 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (1%)
97.8% of residents of Falls township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,513- In family households: 1,361 (232 male householders, 186 female householders)
261 spouses, 505 children (461 natural, 6 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 65 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 33 parents, 33 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 152 (66 male householders (62 living alone)), 77 female householders (73 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 220 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 163 2-persons, 98 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 135 1-person, 6 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
220 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (8 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
| Here: | 18.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |