Freedom township, Hamilton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 58 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Freedom township: | 58.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
44% of Freedom township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1614
- Northeast: 101
- Midwest: 648
- South: 930
- West: 515
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,255
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 71
- 3 or 4: 114
- 5 to 9: 40
- 10 to 19: 6
- 20 to 49: 18
- Mobile homes: 137
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,900
Housing units in Freedom township with a mortgage: 487 (28 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 275
- Food (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Food (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Freedom township:
- United States or American (21.1%)
- German (19.1%)
- English (10.5%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (46%)
- El Salvador (32%)
- Canada (6%)
- Guatemala (4%)
- France (2%)
- Australia (2%)
- Poland (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,502 (84%)
- Carpooled: 183 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 41 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 56 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
93.9% of residents of Freedom township speak English at home.
5.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 36% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,957- In family households: 3,567 (898 male householders, 236 female householders)
903 spouses, 1,333 children (1,172 natural, 37 adopted, 124 stepchildren), 55 grandchildren, 22 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 47 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 390 (142 male householders (121 living alone)), 210 female householders (200 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 504 2-persons, 249 3-persons, 195 4-persons, 117 5-persons, 39 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 321 1-person, 22 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
53 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (1 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 82
| Here: | 14.6% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 43
| Here: | 16.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 35
| Here: | 29.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |