Jefferson township, Polk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
49% of Jefferson 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, 30% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 650
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 500
- South: 186
- West: 128
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $126,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
43 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 492
- Mobile homes: 219
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,200
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 157 (8 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 87
- Construction (21%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (10%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- United States or American (31.4%)
- German (14.0%)
- English (10.0%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- French (except Basque) (4.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
- Italian (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (45%)
- Mexico (34%)
- Canada (21%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 557 (85%)
- Carpooled: 90 (14%)
- Worked at home: 8 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Electricity (40%)
- Wood (14%)
43 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.6% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,526- In family households: 1,295 (402 male householders, 46 female householders)
437 spouses, 339 children (288 natural, 9 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 0 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 231 (76 male householders (47 living alone)), 79 female householders (70 living alone)), 76 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 226 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 117 1-person, 20 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 4 5-persons,
1,309 married couples with children.
167 single-parent households (46 men, 121 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% |