Liberty township, O'Brien County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Liberty township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
81% of Liberty township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 301
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 62
- South: 1
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 167
- One, attached: 5
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Liberty township with a mortgage: 57 (8 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 55
- Construction (27%)
- Food (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Metal and metal products (17%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Cashiers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Liberty township:
- German (58.1%)
- English (12.0%)
- Norwegian (6.7%)
- Swedish (6.7%)
- United States or American (3.2%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
- Danish (2.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 129 (75%)
- Carpooled: 18 (11%)
- Walked: 7 (4%)
- Other means: 1 (1%)
- Worked at home: 16 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
95.5% of residents of Liberty township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 17% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 372- In family households: 323 (104 male householders, 8 female householders)
105 spouses, 104 children (93 natural, 4 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 49 (20 male householders (14 living alone)), 24 female householders (24 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 64 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 38 1-person, 6 2-persons,
97 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (4 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |