Lake township, Humboldt County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Lake township: | 7.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
73% of Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 753
- Northeast: 56
- Midwest: 92
- South: 74
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 343
- One, attached: 6
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 108
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,200
Housing units in Lake township with a mortgage: 117 (27 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 66
- Construction (17%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lake township:
- English (21.1%)
- United States or American (19.3%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- German (7.5%)
- Scottish (6.4%)
- European (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Costa Rica (39%)
- Netherlands (35%)
- Germany (26%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 495 (83%)
- Carpooled: 65 (11%)
- Worked at home: 39 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Solar energy (1%)
94.0% of residents of Lake township speak English at home.
4.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,067- In family households: 956 (288 male householders, 39 female householders)
276 spouses, 301 children (284 natural, 0 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 19 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 111 (65 male householders (60 living alone)), 42 female householders (42 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 163 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 102 1-person, 5 2-persons,
80 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (9 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 6.8% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |