Jefferson township, Warren County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% 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, 47% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 549
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 22
- South: 185
- West: 44
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 141
- One, attached: 7
- Mobile homes: 183
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,800
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 0 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 22
- Construction (28%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (12%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Private households (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- United States or American (64.9%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- German (3.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.8%)
- Swedish (2.5%)
- English (2.4%)
- Dutch (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 241 (69%)
- Carpooled: 82 (24%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 14 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Electricity (41%)
- Wood (5%)
99.2% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 819- In family households: 767 (197 male householders, 45 female householders)
198 spouses, 281 children (266 natural, 11 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 52 (16 male householders (14 living alone)), 30 female householders (30 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 83 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 56 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 44 1-person, 2 3-persons,
379 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (20 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 11.1% |
| 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: 7
| Here: | 58.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |