Locust Grove township, Fremont County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (80% naturalized citizens)
| Locust Grove township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Locust Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 481
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 177
- South: 126
- West: 80
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 289
- Mobile homes: 123
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,600
Housing units in Locust Grove township with a mortgage: 58 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 54
- Construction (15%)
- Wood products (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Locust Grove township:
- United States or American (37.3%)
- German (13.9%)
- English (10.4%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (40%)
- Other South America (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 237 (76%)
- Carpooled: 47 (15%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 20 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Wood (17%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Utility gas (3%)
97.2% of residents of Locust Grove township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 900- In family households: 802 (225 male householders, 41 female householders)
227 spouses, 264 children (196 natural, 12 adopted, 56 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 13 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 98 (37 male householders (29 living alone)), 46 female householders (42 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 127 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 71 1-person, 9 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
28 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (1 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 32.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |