Fertile township, Worth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Fertile township: | 3.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
43% of Fertile township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 279
- Northeast: 49
- Midwest: 344
- South: 187
- West: 40
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 367
- Two: 18
- Mobile homes: 135
Median worth of mobile homes: $56,000
Housing units in Fertile township with a mortgage: 145 (6 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 83
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Construction (16%)
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Wood products (9%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Paper and paper products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Health care (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fertile township:
- German (27.3%)
- English (12.8%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.3%)
- French (except Basque) (4.7%)
- French Canadian (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (83%)
- France (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 242 (81%)
- Carpooled: 38 (13%)
- Worked at home: 17 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
95.6% of residents of Fertile township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 929- In family households: 837 (250 male householders, 79 female householders)
251 spouses, 205 children (169 natural, 0 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 5 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 92 (21 male householders (19 living alone)), 44 female householders (31 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 211 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 21 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 50 1-person, 13 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
168 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (8 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 11.8% |
| 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% |