Franklin township, Cass County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 305
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 38
- South: 2
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 178
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 27 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 47
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (21%)
- Health care (16%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Top executives (9%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (55.4%)
- Danish (11.5%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.9%)
- English (4.1%)
- United States or American (3.3%)
- Norwegian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Trinidad and Tobago (75%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 177 (87%)
- Carpooled: 6 (3%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 15 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (84%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
98.3% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 40% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 366- In family households: 299 (99 male householders, 6 female householders)
89 spouses, 87 children (78 natural, 2 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 67 (48 male householders (43 living alone)), 12 female householders (10 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 56 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 53 1-person, 5 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
72 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (6 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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% |