Holland township, Sioux County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Holland township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
52% of Holland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4037
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 1276
- South: 165
- West: 235
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Holland township, Iowa:
- 960 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 169 people in nursing homes
- 27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,505
- One, attached: 91
- Two: 56
- 3 or 4: 132
- 5 to 9: 43
- 10 to 19: 25
- 20 to 49: 12
- Mobile homes: 24
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Holland township with a mortgage: 734 (109 second mortgage, 95 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 552
- Educational services (17%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Holland township:
- Dutch (57.3%)
- German (15.9%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Norwegian (4.6%)
- Swedish (3.7%)
- Irish (3.0%)
- English (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (16%)
- Other Western Asia (15%)
- Mexico (15%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (11%)
- Japan (10%)
- Korea (10%)
- Other Eastern Africa (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,220 (72%)
- Carpooled: 174 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Bicycle: 28 (1%)
- Walked: 547 (18%)
- Other means: 15 (0%)
- Worked at home: 97 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
People in group quarters in Holland township, Iowa:
- 960 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 169 people in nursing homes
- 27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
95.1% of residents of Holland township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (35% speak English very well, 65% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,741- In family households: 4,259 (1,288 male householders, 69 female householders)
1,306 spouses, 1,561 children (1,495 natural, 24 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 18 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 482 (150 male householders (143 living alone)), 297 female householders (292 living alone)), 35 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,166 (176 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 619 2-persons, 223 3-persons, 292 4-persons, 149 5-persons, 64 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 435 1-person, 5 2-persons, 7 5-persons,
1,264 married couples with children.
94 single-parent households (13 men, 81 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 159
| Here: | 27.4% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 117
| Here: | 32.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,039
| Here: | 93.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |