Liberty township, Clinton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Liberty township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Liberty township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1712
- Northeast: 111
- Midwest: 60
- South: 289
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 690
- One, attached: 13
- Mobile homes: 255
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,600
Housing units in Liberty township with a mortgage: 287 (15 second mortgage, 98 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 183
- Construction (26%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (10%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (8%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (34%)
- Accommodation and food services (23%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Construction (2%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (2%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (19%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (16%)
- Computer specialists (8%)
- Construction laborers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Registered nurses (17%)
- Cashiers (14%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (11%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Liberty township:
- United States or American (27.1%)
- English (12.4%)
- Irish (5.6%)
- German (1.9%)
- Italian (1.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.5%)
- Scottish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Austria (30%)
- Other South Central Asia (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 783 (79%)
- Carpooled: 124 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (3%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
99.0% of residents of Liberty township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,184- In family households: 1,865 (546 male householders, 125 female householders)
506 spouses, 548 children (525 natural, 12 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 43 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 12 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 319 (116 male householders (82 living alone)), 136 female householders (130 living alone)), 67 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 29 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 329 2-persons, 174 3-persons, 118 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 212 1-person, 23 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
78 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (6 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 15.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |