Jackson township, Butler County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 51 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 50.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
54% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9675
- Northeast: 393
- Midwest: 2526
- South: 3013
- West: 1271
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,982
- One, attached: 75
- Two: 49
- 3 or 4: 178
- 5 to 9: 124
- 10 to 19: 58
- 20 to 49: 92
- 50 or more: 4
- Mobile homes: 1,678
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 70
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 2,396 (158 second mortgage, 184 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,527
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Machinery (15%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (33%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Construction (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- United States or American (24.0%)
- German (15.7%)
- English (13.1%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- French (except Basque) (4.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.4%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (20%)
- Romania (18%)
- Yugoslavia (14%)
- Germany (11%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Canada (7%)
- Cuba (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,733 (84%)
- Carpooled: 947 (12%)
- Walked: 81 (1%)
- Other means: 71 (1%)
- Worked at home: 173 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (49%)
- Utility gas (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (3%)
96.4% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 49% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,265- In family households: 15,288 (4,406 male householders, 937 female householders)
4,686 spouses, 4,353 children (3,775 natural, 177 adopted, 401 stepchildren), 258 grandchildren, 71 brothers or sisters, 115 parents, 179 other relatives, 283 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,977 (824 male householders (636 living alone)), 828 female householders (712 living alone)), 325 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 2,768 2-persons, 1,154 3-persons, 956 4-persons, 347 5-persons, 55 6-persons, 63 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,348 1-person, 268 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 13 4-persons,
120 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (7 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 131
| Here: | 6.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |