Franklin township, Polk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (83% 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, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2140
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 249
- South: 96
- West: 65
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 888
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 25
- 10 to 19: 4
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 613 (106 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 125
- Construction (19%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Finance and insurance (20%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Computer specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (29.8%)
- Irish (14.4%)
- United States or American (13.5%)
- English (7.9%)
- Norwegian (4.4%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (42%)
- Germany (33%)
- United Kingdom (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,206 (84%)
- Carpooled: 161 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 54 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.4% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,574- In family households: 2,324 (604 male householders, 142 female householders)
650 spouses, 853 children (786 natural, 27 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 10 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 250 (78 male householders (46 living alone)), 134 female householders (131 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 315 2-persons, 145 3-persons, 209 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 177 1-person, 31 2-persons, 4 4-persons,
653 married couples with children.
115 single-parent households (25 men, 90 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): 8
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 24
| Here: | 18.8% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |