Lewis township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Lewis township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Lewis township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 27% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6067
- Northeast: 150
- Midwest: 3653
- South: 394
- West: 502
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $117,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Lewis township, Iowa:
- 184 people in nursing homes
- 88 people in institutions for the deaf
- 2 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,763
- One, attached: 86
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 64
- 5 to 9: 76
- 10 to 19: 94
- 20 to 49: 77
- 50 or more: 54
- Mobile homes: 971
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,100
Housing units in Lewis township with a mortgage: 1,584 (190 second mortgage, 191 home equity loan, 36 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 686
- Construction (14%)
- Machinery (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lewis township:
- German (33.3%)
- Irish (15.6%)
- English (9.0%)
- United States or American (8.7%)
- Danish (5.7%)
- Italian (3.1%)
- Swedish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (30%)
- Germany (17%)
- India (15%)
- Canada (14%)
- Austria (6%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (6%)
- Hong Kong (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,626 (85%)
- Carpooled: 619 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Taxi: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 19 (0%)
- Other means: 29 (1%)
- Worked at home: 106 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Lewis township, Iowa:
- 184 people in nursing homes
- 88 people in institutions for the deaf
- 2 people in other group homes
96.4% of residents of Lewis township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,650- In family households: 9,604 (2,332 male householders, 714 female householders)
2,360 spouses, 3,492 children (3,232 natural, 65 adopted, 195 stepchildren), 120 grandchildren, 82 brothers or sisters, 39 parents, 205 other relatives, 260 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,046 (336 male householders (233 living alone)), 508 female householders (445 living alone)), 202 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 274 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,258 2-persons, 768 3-persons, 598 4-persons, 285 5-persons, 99 6-persons, 38 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 678 1-person, 124 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
2,028 married couples with children.
750 single-parent households (156 men, 594 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 103
| Here: | 6.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 69
| Here: | 9.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 83
| Here: | 23.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |