Highland township, Clayton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Highland township: | 3.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Highland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1092
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 51
- South: 38
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 363
- Two: 3
- 5 to 9: 4
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 125
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,800
Housing units in Highland township with a mortgage: 145 (10 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 102
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Repair and maintenance (9%)
- Health care (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (3%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Highland township:
- United States or American (52.3%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- English (8.5%)
- German (7.0%)
- Scottish (3.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
- Italian (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (57%)
- Italy (43%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 506 (86%)
- Carpooled: 72 (12%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 2 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Wood (5%)
- No fuel used (1%)
98.6% of residents of Highland township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,214- In family households: 1,060 (299 male householders, 60 female householders)
294 spouses, 319 children (280 natural, 7 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 7 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 154 (77 male householders (58 living alone)), 52 female householders (46 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 171 2-persons, 85 3-persons, 64 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 104 1-person, 25 2-persons,
60 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (15 men, 3 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: 9
| Here: | 17.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |