Jefferson township, Poweshiek County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 5.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 14% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 235
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 77
- South: 117
- West: 73
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 147
- Mobile homes: 54
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,300
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 37 (0 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15
- Construction (29%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Food (16%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (35%)
- Food (19%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (10%)
- Retail florists (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (17%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (13%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (21.0%)
- English (14.7%)
- United States or American (8.8%)
- Polish (8.1%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- European (6.3%)
- Dutch West Indian (5.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (50%)
- El Salvador (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 208 (81%)
- Walked: 9 (4%)
- Other means: 6 (2%)
- Worked at home: 34 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Wood (8%)
96.3% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English not well, 50% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 520- In family households: 465 (114 male householders, 31 female householders)
119 spouses, 168 children (155 natural, 7 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 55 (22 male householders (13 living alone)), 9 female householders (3 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 60 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person, 9 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
61 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (8 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 9.5% |
| 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: 10
| Here: | 100.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |