Highland township, O'Brien County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (30% naturalized citizens)
| Highland township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
70% of Highland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 201
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 15
- South: 5
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $21,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
28 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 102
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Highland township with a mortgage: 18 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (59%)
- Truck transportation (14%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (11%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (2%)
- Health care (2%)
- Food and beverage stores (38%)
- Health care (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (10%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (36%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (16%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (14%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (28%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Food processing workers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other financial specialists (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Highland township:
- German (45.7%)
- Dutch (23.1%)
- English (10.1%)
- Norwegian (5.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
- Swedish (2.5%)
- Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Africa (50%)
- Mexico (30%)
- India (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 98 (70%)
- Carpooled: 18 (13%)
- Worked at home: 25 (18%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (72%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Other fuel (7%)
28 people in nursing homes
95.1% of residents of Highland township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 219- In family households: 181 (61 male householders, 0 female householders)
48 spouses, 72 children (55 natural, 6 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 38 (19 male householders (16 living alone)), 13 female householders (13 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 26 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 27 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 26 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 29 1-person, 3 2-persons,
72 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (4 men, 1 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% |