Indian Creek township, Mills County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 50.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 961 (all rural)
| Males: 464 |  (48.3%) |
| Females: 497 |  (51.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 961 (759 owner occupied, 202 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 21% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Indian Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.1%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
- Some other race: 0.3%
Median age of males: 38.7
Median age of females: 39.3
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Average household size: 2.49
| Indian Creek township: | 2.5 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.96
| Indian Creek township: | $63,546 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $574 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $152,525 (it was $95,200 in 2000)
| : | $152,525 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 19 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 23.3% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 5.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Emerson, Hastings.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Wearin Cemetery (1), Emerson Cemetery (2), Hasting Cemetery (3), North Grove Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Lake George (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Indian Creek (A), Douglas Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Indian Creek township include: Bass Memorial Park (1), Highway Number Thirty-Four Roadside Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
76% of Indian Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 0% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 38
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 16
- South: 27
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 32
- Mobile homes: 2
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Housing units in Indian Creek township with a mortgage: 4 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Other direct selling establishments (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Indian Creek township:
- Irish (16.3%)
- Scandinavian (14.3%)
- English (8.2%)
- German (8.2%)
- Lithuanian (8.2%)
- Celtic (6.1%)
- Scottish (6.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 18 (35%)
- Carpooled: 13 (25%)
- Walked: 5 (10%)
- Worked at home: 15 (29%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Wood (67%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Electricity (7%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 86- In family households: 75 (26 male householders, 0 female householders)
18 spouses, 31 children (29 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 11 (9 male householders (9 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 6 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 11 1-person,
179 married couples with children.
57 single-parent households (16 men, 41 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 18.2% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |