Iowa township, Wright County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 65 (69% naturalized citizens)
| Iowa township: | 65.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Iowa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6123
- Northeast: 1202
- Midwest: 1075
- South: 1816
- West: 284
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $123,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,701
- One, attached: 78
- Two: 35
- 3 or 4: 61
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 991
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,200
Housing units in Iowa township with a mortgage: 1,853 (204 second mortgage, 274 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,029
- Construction (16%)
- Food (11%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (12%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (10%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Private households (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Electricians (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Librarians, curators, and archivists (10%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Iowa township:
- United States or American (21.3%)
- German (16.7%)
- English (15.2%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.0%)
- Scottish (5.1%)
- Italian (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (26%)
- Mexico (12%)
- Canada (9%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Ireland (7%)
- Chile (6%)
- Austria (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,369 (85%)
- Carpooled: 518 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 39 (1%)
- Other means: 16 (0%)
- Worked at home: 151 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (56%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (5%)
96.4% of residents of Iowa township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (35% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 36% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,872- In family households: 9,629 (2,815 male householders, 646 female householders)
3,000 spouses, 2,843 children (2,607 natural, 35 adopted, 201 stepchildren), 65 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 88 parents, 44 other relatives, 95 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,243 (429 male householders (353 living alone)), 640 female householders (570 living alone)), 174 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 1,941 2-persons, 659 3-persons, 618 4-persons, 185 5-persons, 55 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 923 1-person, 132 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
100 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (3 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 77
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 42
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 52
| Here: | 15.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |