Hale township, Jones County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Hale township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Hale township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 315
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 13
- South: 12
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 123
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,600
Housing units in Hale township with a mortgage: 8 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (35%)
- Construction (11%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Apparel (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (35%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (15%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other financial specialists (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
- Secondary school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hale township:
- German (59.1%)
- United States or American (15.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.7%)
- Czech (3.3%)
- Scottish (3.3%)
- English (2.6%)
- Irish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 104 (60%)
- Carpooled: 16 (9%)
- Walked: 10 (6%)
- Worked at home: 43 (25%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (82%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood (5%)
93.8% of residents of Hale township speak English at home.
6.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 343- In family households: 300 (83 male householders, 13 female householders)
89 spouses, 106 children (100 natural, 6 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 43 (28 male householders (24 living alone)), 8 female householders (7 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 37 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 31 1-person, 3 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
69 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (2 men, 7 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 100.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |