Leroy township, Audubon County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Leroy township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Leroy township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2344
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 261
- South: 75
- West: 72
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $101,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
114 people in nursing homes
8 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,113
- One, attached: 25
- Two: 40
- 3 or 4: 33
- 5 to 9: 31
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Leroy township with a mortgage: 391 (6 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 486
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Leroy township:
- Danish (32.5%)
- German (29.6%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- English (6.4%)
- United States or American (6.1%)
- Swedish (4.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,002 (82%)
- Carpooled: 90 (7%)
- Walked: 63 (5%)
- Worked at home: 67 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (83%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
114 people in nursing homes
8 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.0% of residents of Leroy township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,674- In family households: 2,254 (639 male householders, 135 female householders)
699 spouses, 707 children (629 natural, 35 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 14 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 420 (151 male householders (143 living alone)), 256 female householders (250 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 124 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 423 2-persons, 125 3-persons, 119 4-persons, 67 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 393 1-person, 14 2-persons,
494 married couples with children.
126 single-parent households (26 men, 100 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 3
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |