Flint River township, Des Moines County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Flint River township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Flint River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1876
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 284
- South: 50
- West: 102
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
37 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 661
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 53
- Mobile homes: 240
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Flint River township with a mortgage: 292 (34 second mortgage, 35 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 175
- Construction (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Flint River township:
- German (43.5%)
- United States or American (14.5%)
- English (10.9%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Swedish (3.2%)
- Norwegian (2.4%)
- Italian (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (67%)
- Korea (29%)
- Canada (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,105 (89%)
- Carpooled: 92 (7%)
- Walked: 5 (0%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 39 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
- Wood (1%)
37 people in nursing homes
97.3% of residents of Flint River township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (25% speak English very well, 75% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,346- In family households: 2,123 (609 male householders, 92 female householders)
589 spouses, 759 children (626 natural, 44 adopted, 89 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 13 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 223 (134 male householders (128 living alone)), 75 female householders (70 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 37 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 306 2-persons, 145 3-persons, 158 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 198 1-person, 11 2-persons,
420 married couples with children.
83 single-parent households (29 men, 54 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
| Here: | 18.2% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 29.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |