Jefferson township, Shelby County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 144 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 143.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
43% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 22% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8201
- Northeast: 1732
- Midwest: 1612
- South: 3629
- West: 1402
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $89,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,541
- One, attached: 1,347
- Two: 221
- 3 or 4: 81
- 5 to 9: 48
- 10 to 19: 9
- Mobile homes: 1,590
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,600
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 1,782 (187 second mortgage, 316 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 736
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (36%)
- Repair and maintenance (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (31%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Legal support workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- United States or American (16.1%)
- German (9.7%)
- English (9.7%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- Italian (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (38%)
- Philippines (10%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Germany (6%)
- Cuba (4%)
- Canada (4%)
- Colombia (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,896 (85%)
- Carpooled: 819 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 39 (0%)
- Bicycle: 33 (0%)
- Walked: 135 (2%)
- Other means: 45 (1%)
- Worked at home: 114 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (74%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
92.5% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
5.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 16,832- In family households: 15,222 (4,070 male householders, 767 female householders)
4,071 spouses, 5,626 children (5,242 natural, 75 adopted, 309 stepchildren), 229 grandchildren, 118 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 134 other relatives, 172 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,610 (735 male householders (537 living alone)), 521 female householders (467 living alone)), 354 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,190 (629 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,803 2-persons, 1,297 3-persons, 1,117 4-persons, 479 5-persons, 131 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,004 1-person, 186 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 32 4-persons,
125 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (5 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 239
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 166
| Here: | 17.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 229
| Here: | 22.2% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |