Fruitland township, Muscatine County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Fruitland township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Fruitland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1742
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 324
- South: 61
- West: 97
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
150 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 692
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 16
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 69
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,300
Housing units in Fruitland township with a mortgage: 414 (28 second mortgage, 82 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 140
- Food (13%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fruitland township:
- German (42.3%)
- English (12.5%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- United States or American (10.8%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
- Norwegian (1.6%)
- Danish (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (54%)
- Germany (24%)
- Korea (9%)
- Vietnam (9%)
- Italy (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,016 (84%)
- Carpooled: 104 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 39 (3%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 38 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
150 people in nursing homes
94.5% of residents of Fruitland township speak English at home.
4.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (25% speak English very well, 75% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,141- In family households: 1,948 (550 male householders, 77 female householders)
533 spouses, 641 children (547 natural, 27 adopted, 67 stepchildren), 58 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 15 other relatives, 60 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 193 (72 male householders (50 living alone)), 72 female householders (63 living alone)), 49 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 155 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 253 2-persons, 142 3-persons, 144 4-persons, 82 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 113 1-person, 27 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
437 married couples with children.
70 single-parent households (24 men, 46 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |