Forest township, Winnebago County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (87% naturalized citizens)
Forest township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Forest township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1745
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 76
- South: 376
- West: 60
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Forest township, Iowa:
- 287 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 53 people in nursing homes
- 37 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 669
- One, attached: 2
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 421
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,700
Housing units in Forest township with a mortgage: 166 (12 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 254
- Transportation equipment (39%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Food (2%)
- Finance and insurance (2%)
- Transportation equipment (23%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (11%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Forest township:
- United States or American (45.6%)
- English (7.7%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.7%)
- German (3.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (35%)
- South Africa (35%)
- Netherlands (9%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (9%)
- Russia (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 838 (86%)
- Carpooled: 107 (11%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 20 (2%)
- Worked at home: 4 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Forest township, Iowa:
- 287 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 53 people in nursing homes
- 37 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.9% of residents of Forest township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,308- In family households: 2,021 (493 male householders, 163 female householders)
507 spouses, 668 children (585 natural, 13 adopted, 70 stepchildren), 75 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 36 other relatives, 60 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 287 (128 male householders (111 living alone)), 131 female householders (125 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 283 2-persons, 176 3-persons, 133 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 236 1-person, 16 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
891 married couples with children.
232 single-parent households (46 men, 186 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 2.7% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 0.7% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 8.4% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |