Greenwood township, Kossuth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 15 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Greenwood township: | 15.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Greenwood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8818
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 441
- South: 1457
- West: 148
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $18,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
37 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,169
- One, attached: 180
- Two: 379
- 3 or 4: 230
- 5 to 9: 70
- 10 to 19: 8
- 20 to 49: 31
- Mobile homes: 348
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,900
Housing units in Greenwood township with a mortgage: 907 (49 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 910
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (15%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (12%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Greenwood township:
- United States or American (9.4%)
- Irish (5.2%)
- English (3.3%)
- German (1.9%)
- African (1.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.0%)
- Dutch (0.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (19%)
- Austria (13%)
- Taiwan (13%)
- Germany (10%)
- Mexico (10%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (9%)
- Japan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,019 (79%)
- Carpooled: 610 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Taxi: 15 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 50 (1%)
- Other means: 45 (1%)
- Worked at home: 50 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (1%)
37 people in nursing homes
96.9% of residents of Greenwood township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 42% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,050- In family households: 9,704 (1,543 male householders, 1,284 female householders)
1,622 spouses, 4,178 children (3,780 natural, 124 adopted, 274 stepchildren), 487 grandchildren, 81 brothers or sisters, 90 parents, 178 other relatives, 241 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,346 (446 male householders (397 living alone)), 782 female householders (722 living alone)), 118 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,010 2-persons, 665 3-persons, 554 4-persons, 321 5-persons, 180 6-persons, 97 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,119 1-person, 86 2-persons, 23 3-persons,
222 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (12 men, 38 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 128
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 81
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 49
| Here: | 11.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |