Jackson township, Poweshiek County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1535
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 118
- South: 40
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Jackson township, Iowa:
- 42 people in nursing homes
- 38 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 595
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 40
- 3 or 4: 53
- 5 to 9: 35
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 53
Median worth of mobile homes: $63,800
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 214 (6 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 163
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (27%)
- Air transportation (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Public administration (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Leather and allied products (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (22%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (20%)
- Waiters and waitresses (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (29.1%)
- United States or American (14.5%)
- Irish (12.8%)
- Dutch (10.4%)
- English (8.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.8%)
- European (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (32%)
- Korea (23%)
- India (18%)
- Ecuador (18%)
- Argentina (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 674 (74%)
- Carpooled: 106 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 62 (7%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 52 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Jackson township, Iowa:
- 42 people in nursing homes
- 38 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.4% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,696- In family households: 1,437 (413 male householders, 87 female householders)
400 spouses, 484 children (439 natural, 11 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 259 (82 male householders (68 living alone)), 153 female householders (146 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 88 (50 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 277 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 100 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 214 1-person, 21 2-persons,
314 married couples with children.
79 single-parent households (30 men, 49 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 8
| Here: | 21.1% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |