Four Mile township, Polk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (81% naturalized citizens)
| Four Mile township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Four Mile 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, 51% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5410
- Northeast: 94
- Midwest: 636
- South: 121
- West: 296
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $200,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
73 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,912
- One, attached: 95
- Two: 45
- 3 or 4: 25
- 10 to 19: 74
- 20 to 49: 123
- 50 or more: 92
- Mobile homes: 149
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,100
Housing units in Four Mile township with a mortgage: 1,374 (147 second mortgage, 180 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 380
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Finance and insurance (19%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Four Mile township:
- German (25.4%)
- English (14.4%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- United States or American (8.9%)
- Norwegian (5.1%)
- Swedish (5.0%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (26%)
- Peru (18%)
- Vietnam (13%)
- Mexico (11%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Colombia (8%)
- Canada (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,261 (86%)
- Carpooled: 376 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 154 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
73 people in nursing homes
95.2% of residents of Four Mile township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,632- In family households: 5,967 (1,593 male householders, 332 female householders)
1,736 spouses, 2,066 children (1,848 natural, 129 adopted, 89 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 41 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 48 other relatives, 103 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 665 (223 male householders (156 living alone)), 301 female householders (244 living alone)), 141 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 72 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 808 2-persons, 457 3-persons, 418 4-persons, 178 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 400 1-person, 104 2-persons, 20 3-persons,
1,432 married couples with children.
214 single-parent households (59 men, 155 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 36
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 81
| Here: | 29.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |