Franklin township, Lee County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1081
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 196
- South: 49
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $71,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
61 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 484
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 19
- 5 to 9: 15
- 10 to 19: 4
- Mobile homes: 24
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,300
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 191 (6 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 142
- Food (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Utilities (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (13%)
- Food (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (49.4%)
- United States or American (20.4%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- English (5.7%)
- European (2.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
- Swedish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (57%)
- Austria (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 557 (85%)
- Carpooled: 67 (10%)
- Walked: 11 (2%)
- Worked at home: 20 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (40%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
61 people in nursing homes
98.3% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,332- In family households: 1,167 (333 male householders, 63 female householders)
338 spouses, 407 children (378 natural, 4 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 0 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 165 (82 male householders (69 living alone)), 63 female householders (63 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 61 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 203 2-persons, 73 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 132 1-person, 7 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
263 married couples with children.
63 single-parent households (15 men, 48 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 11.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 3.9% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 23.1% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |