Jackson township, Harrison County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 30.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 558 (all rural)
| Males: 264 |  (47.3%) |
| Females: 294 |  (52.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 558 (436 owner occupied, 122 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 22% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Jackson township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.8%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 40.9
Median age of females: 41.3
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Average household size: 2.42
| Jackson township: | 2.4 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.92
| Jackson township: | $54,989 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $453 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $110,463 (it was $78,700 in 2000)
| : | $110,463 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 19 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 10.3% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Pisgah.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Soldier Valley (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Soldier Valley Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Cobb Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
65% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 400
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 141
- South: 4
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 232
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 75 (7 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 60
- Truck transportation (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Construction (11%)
- Wood products (11%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (9%)
- Food (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Health care (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Food (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (19%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (27.6%)
- English (15.2%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- United States or American (7.8%)
- Danish (5.2%)
- Norwegian (3.8%)
- Swedish (3.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 189 (70%)
- Carpooled: 70 (26%)
- Walked: 8 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 2 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.7% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (20% speak English very well, 80% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 580- In family households: 485 (146 male householders, 17 female householders)
147 spouses, 145 children (137 natural, 1 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 95 (38 male householders (33 living alone)), 44 female householders (40 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 90 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 73 1-person, 7 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
98 married couples with children.
47 single-parent households (10 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |