Lake township, Clay County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 12 (72% naturalized citizens)
Lake township: | 12.1% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
52% of Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1234
- Northeast: 103
- Midwest: 227
- South: 255
- West: 109
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $1,000,001
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 534
- One, attached: 3
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 196
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,900
Housing units in Lake township with a mortgage: 266 (18 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 52
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Social assistance (14%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (31%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (19%)
- Librarians, curators, and archivists (7%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lake township:
- United States or American (25.3%)
- German (17.1%)
- Irish (13.5%)
- English (12.8%)
- French Canadian (5.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Canadian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (55%)
- Vietnam (31%)
- Germany (7%)
- Philippines (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 722 (74%)
- Carpooled: 202 (21%)
- Walked: 17 (2%)
- Other means: 15 (2%)
- Worked at home: 25 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Wood (7%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.7% of residents of Lake township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 44% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,960- In family households: 1,846 (523 male householders, 58 female householders)
492 spouses, 733 children (668 natural, 0 adopted, 65 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 9 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 114 (56 male householders (53 living alone)), 44 female householders (35 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 221 2-persons, 149 3-persons, 131 4-persons, 73 5-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 88 1-person, 12 2-persons,
42 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): 47
Here: | 18.6% |
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: 4
Here: | 6.3% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |