Knox township, Clarke County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 269 (8% naturalized citizens)
| Knox township: | 269.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Knox township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4400
- Northeast: 132
- Midwest: 73
- South: 604
- West: 79
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,703
- One, attached: 38
- Two: 28
- 3 or 4: 51
- 5 to 9: 16
- 10 to 19: 4
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 517
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,000
Housing units in Knox township with a mortgage: 708 (57 second mortgage, 145 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 454
- Nonmetallic mineral products (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Food (13%)
- Construction (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Food (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (23%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (17%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Accountants and auditors (7%)
- Secondary school teachers (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Knox township:
- United States or American (34.8%)
- German (10.1%)
- English (9.5%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
- European (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (97%)
- Other Northern Europe (1%)
- Guatemala (1%)
- Spain (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,975 (79%)
- Carpooled: 415 (17%)
- Walked: 38 (2%)
- Other means: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 37 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (55%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
87.5% of residents of Knox township speak English at home.
12.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (27% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 28% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,436- In family households: 4,738 (1,185 male householders, 368 female householders)
1,244 spouses, 1,586 children (1,494 natural, 42 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 60 grandchildren, 83 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 110 other relatives, 82 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 698 (213 male householders (162 living alone)), 405 female householders (394 living alone)), 80 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 412 (283 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 673 2-persons, 417 3-persons, 280 4-persons, 110 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 556 1-person, 58 2-persons, 4 4-persons,
49 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (2 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 29
| Here: | 25.2% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |