Jordan township, Monona County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 39 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Jordan township: | 38.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
54% of Jordan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4226
- Northeast: 36
- Midwest: 195
- South: 431
- West: 72
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $24,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,639
- One, attached: 21
- Two: 38
- 3 or 4: 106
- 5 to 9: 23
- 10 to 19: 8
- 20 to 49: 34
- Mobile homes: 156
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,000
Housing units in Jordan township with a mortgage: 681 (65 second mortgage, 78 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 455
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jordan township:
- United States or American (31.3%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- German (8.3%)
- English (6.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.2%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
- African (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (93%)
- Other South Central Asia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,765 (81%)
- Carpooled: 365 (17%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 29 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
96.2% of residents of Jordan township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,791- In family households: 4,169 (1,035 male householders, 280 female householders)
1,013 spouses, 1,482 children (1,285 natural, 32 adopted, 165 stepchildren), 131 grandchildren, 53 brothers or sisters, 34 parents, 88 other relatives, 53 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 622 (219 male householders (180 living alone)), 329 female householders (314 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 247 (245 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 505 2-persons, 348 3-persons, 269 4-persons, 113 5-persons, 48 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 494 1-person, 47 2-persons, 7 4-persons,
32 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (0 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 0.9% |
| 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: 26
| Here: | 20.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |