Iowa township, Washington County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Iowa township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Iowa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1584
- Northeast: 35
- Midwest: 103
- South: 51
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 602
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 22
- 3 or 4: 59
- 5 to 9: 1
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Iowa township with a mortgage: 311 (27 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 112
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Health care (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Iowa township:
- German (43.9%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- United States or American (12.0%)
- Czech (4.8%)
- English (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
- Norwegian (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (31%)
- Mexico (31%)
- Other South Central Asia (23%)
- Philippines (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 769 (73%)
- Carpooled: 191 (18%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 19 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 64 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
97.3% of residents of Iowa township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (87% speak English very well, 6% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,826- In family households: 1,623 (416 male householders, 91 female householders)
438 spouses, 623 children (603 natural, 9 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 5 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 203 (75 male householders (58 living alone)), 100 female householders (92 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 199 2-persons, 128 3-persons, 112 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 150 1-person, 19 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
422 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (18 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 0.4% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 17.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |