Kane township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Kane township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
51% of Kane township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4130
- Northeast: 649
- Midwest: 287
- South: 1393
- West: 257
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $74,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Kane township, Iowa:
- 391 people in nursing homes
- 198 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 68 people in halfway houses
- 68 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 41 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 37 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 36 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 23 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 12 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,797
- One, attached: 59
- Two: 27
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 110
- 10 to 19: 24
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 375
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,600
Housing units in Kane township with a mortgage: 1,013 (99 second mortgage, 154 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 327
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (29%)
- Food (26%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (10%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (16%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (16%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (26%)
- Farmers and farm managers (23%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (26%)
- Farmers and farm managers (21%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (16%)
- Special education teachers (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Kane township:
- United States or American (18.1%)
- English (12.4%)
- German (7.6%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.9%)
- Italian (2.4%)
- European (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (24%)
- India (18%)
- Canada (10%)
- Philippines (9%)
- Dominican Republic (8%)
- Pakistan (6%)
- Vietnam (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,280 (79%)
- Carpooled: 452 (16%)
- Taxi: 25 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 80 (3%)
- Other means: 19 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Kane township, Iowa:
- 391 people in nursing homes
- 198 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 68 people in halfway houses
- 68 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 41 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 37 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 36 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 23 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 12 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 2 people in religious group quarters
95.2% of residents of Kane township speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (32% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (23% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 58% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 69% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,129- In family households: 5,573 (1,297 male householders, 425 female householders)
1,456 spouses, 2,111 children (1,854 natural, 43 adopted, 214 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 50 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 43 other relatives, 137 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 556 (132 male householders (76 living alone)), 328 female householders (302 living alone)), 96 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 888 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 700 2-persons, 398 3-persons, 381 4-persons, 167 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 378 1-person, 67 2-persons, 15 3-persons,
7,882 married couples with children.
4,055 single-parent households (940 men, 3,115 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 143
| Here: | 14.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 43
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 167
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |