Highland township, Winneshiek County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 68 (24% naturalized citizens)
| Highland township: | 67.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Highland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% 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: 6650
- Northeast: 183
- Midwest: 131
- South: 822
- West: 64
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $43,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 2.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,807
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 108
- 3 or 4: 115
- 5 to 9: 118
- 10 to 19: 83
- 20 to 49: 65
- Mobile homes: 516
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,800
Housing units in Highland township with a mortgage: 972 (88 second mortgage, 148 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 857
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Health care (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Personal and laundry services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (25%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Highland township:
- United States or American (39.7%)
- English (9.4%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- German (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- European (1.6%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (69%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- Russia (5%)
- Cambodia (4%)
- Other Western Europe (3%)
- Cuba (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,163 (80%)
- Carpooled: 598 (15%)
- Motorcycle: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 86 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 67 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (37%)
- Utility gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (5%)
96.2% of residents of Highland township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (41% speak English very well, 51% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,074- In family households: 6,786 (1,679 male householders, 653 female householders)
1,723 spouses, 2,103 children (1,906 natural, 51 adopted, 146 stepchildren), 252 grandchildren, 96 brothers or sisters, 56 parents, 67 other relatives, 157 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,288 (423 male householders (373 living alone)), 753 female householders (710 living alone)), 112 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,078 2-persons, 638 3-persons, 400 4-persons, 145 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,083 1-person, 80 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
60 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (9 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 3.1% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 0.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |