Lincoln township, O'Brien County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 225 (all rural)
| Males: 114 |  (50.7%) |
| Females: 111 |  (49.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 225 (203 owner occupied, 22 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Lincoln township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.1%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.4%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.0%
Median age of males: 40.5
Median age of females: 38.8
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Average household size: 2.81
| Lincoln township: | 2.8 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.06
| Lincoln township: | $48,544 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $401 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $94,945 (it was $59,300 in 2000)
| : | $94,945 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $121,253
Here: $121,253 State: $159,697
Townhouses or other attached units: $143,526
Here: $143,526 State: $193,868
In 2-unit structures: $124,391
Here: $124,391 State: $120,896
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $62,217
Here: $62,217 State: $122,004
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $170,607
Here: $170,607 State: $118,952
Mobile homes: $25,960
Here: $25,960 State: $46,008
| Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 7.2% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Lincoln township: A B C Farms (A), Van Ess Dairy (B), Pleissis Elevator Incorporated Elevator (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Plessis Creek (A), Epping Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
61% of Lincoln township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 490
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 189
- South: 38
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 252
- One, attached: 8
- Mobile homes: 50
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,100
Housing units in Lincoln township with a mortgage: 75 (13 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 41
- Construction (35%)
- Repair and maintenance (15%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (11%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (8%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Paper (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (13%)
- Personal and laundry services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (13%)
- Carpenters (12%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Fire fighting and prevention workers including supervisors (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lincoln township:
- United States or American (28.6%)
- Irish (26.8%)
- English (12.2%)
- Scottish (10.2%)
- German (6.6%)
- Italian (2.9%)
- Polish (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 288 (84%)
- Carpooled: 37 (11%)
- Taxi: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 12 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Wood (14%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
98.1% of residents of Lincoln township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 740- In family households: 674 (178 male householders, 38 female householders)
194 spouses, 258 children (239 natural, 0 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 66 (39 male householders (29 living alone)), 19 female householders (19 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 91 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 48 1-person, 10 2-persons,
61 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (1 men, 1 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |