Liberty township, Jefferson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 84 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Liberty township: | 83.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
50% of Liberty 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, 31% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8245
- Northeast: 956
- Midwest: 859
- South: 2561
- West: 614
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
38 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,964
- One, attached: 80
- Two: 117
- 3 or 4: 270
- 5 to 9: 161
- 10 to 19: 14
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 1,783
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,300
Housing units in Liberty township with a mortgage: 1,993 (270 second mortgage, 152 home equity loan, 65 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 666
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (19%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (28%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Carpenters (3%)
- Child care workers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Business operations specialists (7%)
- Painters and paperhangers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Liberty township:
- United States or American (18.5%)
- German (7.2%)
- Irish (5.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
- English (3.2%)
- Italian (2.7%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (23%)
- Vietnam (12%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Mexico (9%)
- Korea (6%)
- Chile (5%)
- Japan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,283 (82%)
- Carpooled: 820 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 32 (0%)
- Taxi: 10 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 13 (0%)
- Bicycle: 20 (0%)
- Walked: 133 (2%)
- Other means: 68 (1%)
- Worked at home: 77 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (59%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- No fuel used (1%)
38 people in nursing homes
91.7% of residents of Liberty township speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,209- In family households: 12,212 (2,690 male householders, 1,301 female householders)
2,745 spouses, 4,299 children (3,812 natural, 49 adopted, 438 stepchildren), 356 grandchildren, 103 brothers or sisters, 129 parents, 189 other relatives, 400 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,997 (836 male householders (635 living alone)), 823 female householders (711 living alone)), 338 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 123 (26 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,624 2-persons, 1,186 3-persons, 734 4-persons, 278 5-persons, 135 6-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,346 1-person, 288 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
152 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (4 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 80
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 82
| Here: | 14.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |