Jackson township, Sac County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
64% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2078
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 327
- South: 62
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $43,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Jackson township, Iowa:
- 66 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 15 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,065
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 43
- 3 or 4: 76
- 5 to 9: 35
- 10 to 19: 8
- 20 to 49: 50
- 50 or more: 12
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,300
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 345 (20 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 429
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Food (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (29%)
- Social assistance (10%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (48.6%)
- English (8.7%)
- United States or American (7.5%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Norwegian (4.4%)
- Swedish (3.7%)
- Danish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (48%)
- Poland (15%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Germany (9%)
- Brazil (9%)
- Canada (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 885 (76%)
- Carpooled: 120 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (1%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 83 (7%)
- Worked at home: 70 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Jackson township, Iowa:
- 66 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 15 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.8% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,466- In family households: 1,962 (561 male householders, 136 female householders)
576 spouses, 635 children (578 natural, 22 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 5 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 504 (175 male householders (161 living alone)), 291 female householders (282 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 102 (96 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 404 2-persons, 146 3-persons, 93 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 443 1-person, 14 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
358 married couples with children.
138 single-parent households (36 men, 102 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |