Jackson township, Van Buren County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 856
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 186
- South: 40
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 397
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 20
- Mobile homes: 41
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,800
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 108 (2 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 112
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Machinery (17%)
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- United States or American (31.4%)
- German (26.0%)
- English (10.1%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Swiss (3.6%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (50%)
- Mexico (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 300 (63%)
- Carpooled: 91 (19%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 16 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 61 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (72%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
83.7% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
15.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,139- In family households: 992 (267 male householders, 43 female householders)
285 spouses, 357 children (335 natural, 0 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 6 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 147 (79 male householders (70 living alone)), 60 female householders (57 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 161 2-persons, 68 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 127 1-person, 12 2-persons,
285 married couples with children.
42 single-parent households (15 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
| Here: | 30.8% |
| 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% |