Jackson township, Calhoun County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
Jackson township: | 2.2% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 514
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 57
- South: 98
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 216
- Mobile homes: 121
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,500
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 39 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 75
- Construction (21%)
- Food (15%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Food (10%)
- Computer and electronic products (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Business operations specialists (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Woodworkers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- United States or American (47.9%)
- Irish (15.4%)
- German (7.8%)
- English (5.5%)
- Norwegian (2.1%)
- Welsh (2.0%)
- European (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Guatemala (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 282 (76%)
- Carpooled: 58 (16%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 27 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Wood (24%)
98.5% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 721- In family households: 638 (215 male householders, 22 female householders)
218 spouses, 177 children (144 natural, 0 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 83 (55 male householders (55 living alone)), 21 female householders (14 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 144 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 69 1-person, 7 2-persons,
59 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (2 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 5.3% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |