Howard township, Howard County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 12 (26% naturalized citizens)
| Howard township: | 12.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
34% of Howard township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1555
- Northeast: 79
- Midwest: 397
- South: 649
- West: 240
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $108,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 843
- One, attached: 102
- Two: 171
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 16
- Mobile homes: 139
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,000
Housing units in Howard township with a mortgage: 484 (14 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 130
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Howard township:
- United States or American (21.5%)
- German (12.8%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- English (11.7%)
- Scottish (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (47%)
- Vietnam (14%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (11%)
- Other Western Asia (8%)
- Korea (6%)
- Philippines (6%)
- United Kingdom (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,431 (83%)
- Carpooled: 185 (11%)
- Bicycle: 9 (1%)
- Walked: 28 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 70 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
94.2% of residents of Howard township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (84% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,997- In family households: 2,482 (665 male householders, 166 female householders)
689 spouses, 853 children (779 natural, 17 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 20 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 515 (153 male householders (101 living alone)), 223 female householders (157 living alone)), 139 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 359 2-persons, 217 3-persons, 160 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 258 1-person, 103 2-persons, 15 3-persons,
106 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (10 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 3.5% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |