Harrison township, Kossuth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Harrison township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% 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: 499
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 290
- South: 10
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 371
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 15
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 109 (5 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 126
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Construction (11%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (11%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- German (49.7%)
- United States or American (10.3%)
- Norwegian (10.1%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- Swedish (6.2%)
- Danish (4.1%)
- English (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (67%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 294 (79%)
- Carpooled: 33 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 24 (6%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 18 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Electricity (13%)
97.8% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 819- In family households: 660 (182 male householders, 33 female householders)
195 spouses, 228 children (203 natural, 14 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 159 (71 male householders (56 living alone)), 71 female householders (68 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 106 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 124 1-person, 16 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
163 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (10 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 8.1% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |