Jasper township, Carroll County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 63 (34% naturalized citizens)
| Jasper township: | 62.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Jasper township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 27% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4109
- Northeast: 1442
- Midwest: 627
- South: 2787
- West: 180
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,688
- One, attached: 298
- Two: 118
- 3 or 4: 159
- 5 to 9: 131
- 10 to 19: 247
- 20 to 49: 151
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 713
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 28
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,500
Housing units in Jasper township with a mortgage: 1,669 (157 second mortgage, 280 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 577
- Construction (17%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jasper township:
- English (23.0%)
- United States or American (18.7%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- German (9.7%)
- Italian (4.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Peru (21%)
- Mexico (19%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Ireland (8%)
- Greece (5%)
- Japan (5%)
- Colombia (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,699 (78%)
- Carpooled: 657 (14%)
- Taxi: 12 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 30 (1%)
- Walked: 111 (2%)
- Other means: 64 (1%)
- Worked at home: 190 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (80%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.1% of residents of Jasper township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,233- In family households: 7,716 (1,966 male householders, 683 female householders)
2,200 spouses, 2,543 children (2,297 natural, 102 adopted, 144 stepchildren), 70 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 64 other relatives, 140 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,517 (558 male householders (425 living alone)), 658 female householders (540 living alone)), 301 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 195 (169 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,289 2-persons, 630 3-persons, 488 4-persons, 194 5-persons, 48 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 965 1-person, 230 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
80 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (7 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 76
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 33
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 50
| Here: | 22.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |