Franklin township, Story County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (17% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 10.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
49% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11276
- Northeast: 558
- Midwest: 3338
- South: 716
- West: 791
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $125,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Franklin township, Iowa:
- 151 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 47 people in nursing homes
- 32 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,679
- One, attached: 713
- Two: 371
- 3 or 4: 616
- 5 to 9: 623
- 10 to 19: 321
- 20 to 49: 246
- 50 or more: 158
- Mobile homes: 132
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,600
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 3,072 (240 second mortgage, 485 home equity loan, 43 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,350
- Educational services (27%)
- Construction (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Educational services (32%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (14%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Life and physical scientists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (29.1%)
- Norwegian (10.5%)
- English (8.4%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- United States or American (4.8%)
- Swedish (3.3%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (22%)
- India (8%)
- Taiwan (6%)
- Korea (6%)
- Mexico (4%)
- Malaysia (4%)
- Other Western Asia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,867 (76%)
- Carpooled: 1,073 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 514 (5%)
- Bicycle: 139 (1%)
- Walked: 281 (3%)
- Other means: 55 (1%)
- Worked at home: 389 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
People in group quarters in Franklin township, Iowa:
- 151 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 47 people in nursing homes
- 32 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in religious group quarters
86.3% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
5.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 46% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other language at home (74% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 18,640- In family households: 15,317 (4,305 male householders, 909 female householders)
4,673 spouses, 4,874 children (4,611 natural, 114 adopted, 149 stepchildren), 101 grandchildren, 80 brothers or sisters, 59 parents, 96 other relatives, 220 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,323 (1,064 male householders (622 living alone)), 1,334 female householders (1,058 living alone)), 925 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 245 (47 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,588 2-persons, 1,051 3-persons, 1,074 4-persons, 387 5-persons, 96 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,680 1-person, 527 2-persons, 157 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 11 5-persons,
3,803 married couples with children.
496 single-parent households (102 men, 394 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 123
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 77
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |