Lake township, Monona County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 98 (24% naturalized citizens)
| Lake township: | 97.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% 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: 11918
- Northeast: 145
- Midwest: 518
- South: 3386
- West: 399
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,256
- One, attached: 113
- Two: 215
- 3 or 4: 178
- 5 to 9: 191
- 10 to 19: 52
- 20 to 49: 230
- 50 or more: 63
- Mobile homes: 1,008
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 30
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,900
Housing units in Lake township with a mortgage: 1,820 (116 second mortgage, 114 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,455
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Construction (15%)
- Chemicals (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Health care (10%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Food (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Plant and system operators (14%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (23%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lake township:
- United States or American (24.4%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- English (7.2%)
- German (4.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
- European (1.4%)
- French (except Basque) (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (37%)
- France (16%)
- Other Eastern Africa (9%)
- Other Eastern Europe (7%)
- Iran (7%)
- Colombia (6%)
- Germany (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,564 (80%)
- Carpooled: 708 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 29 (0%)
- Taxi: 15 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 29 (0%)
- Bicycle: 21 (0%)
- Walked: 388 (6%)
- Other means: 70 (1%)
- Worked at home: 100 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (1%)
96.7% of residents of Lake township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,504- In family households: 13,045 (3,066 male householders, 1,213 female householders)
3,144 spouses, 4,414 children (3,954 natural, 124 adopted, 336 stepchildren), 535 grandchildren, 166 brothers or sisters, 83 parents, 229 other relatives, 195 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,459 (850 male householders (749 living alone)), 1,323 female householders (1,218 living alone)), 286 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,090 (288 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,838 2-persons, 1,042 3-persons, 854 4-persons, 369 5-persons, 118 6-persons, 58 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,967 1-person, 161 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
36 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (1 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 64
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 60
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |