Franklin township, O'Brien County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 23% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1056
- Northeast: 96
- Midwest: 747
- South: 420
- West: 267
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $175,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
79 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,325
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 338
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,600
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 343 (34 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 188
- Construction (12%)
- Food (11%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (32%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (23.5%)
- United States or American (14.1%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- English (8.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.1%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
- Italian (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (28%)
- Canada (20%)
- Vietnam (18%)
- Korea (10%)
- Chile (10%)
- Germany (8%)
- Italy (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 796 (74%)
- Carpooled: 182 (17%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 83 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (60%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Wood (12%)
- Utility gas (2%)
79 people in nursing homes
98.0% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,628- In family households: 2,300 (703 male householders, 90 female householders)
706 spouses, 672 children (596 natural, 29 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 20 other relatives, 42 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 328 (128 male householders (115 living alone)), 124 female householders (88 living alone)), 76 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 459 2-persons, 127 3-persons, 122 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 203 1-person, 36 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
323 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (5 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 42
| Here: | 14.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
| Here: | 14.9% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |