Long Creek township, Decatur County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Long Creek township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
45% of Long Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 12% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 27% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 48
- Northeast: 52
- Midwest: 481
- South: 66
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 363
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 83
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 28
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Long Creek township with a mortgage: 85 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 82
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Construction (17%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Long Creek township:
- English (23.9%)
- German (21.7%)
- Irish (11.8%)
- United States or American (11.6%)
- Polish (6.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.2%)
- French (except Basque) (5.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 153 (77%)
- Carpooled: 16 (8%)
- Walked: 20 (10%)
- Worked at home: 9 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Wood (16%)
- Utility gas (2%)
98.7% of residents of Long Creek township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 697- In family households: 588 (251 male householders, 18 female householders)
248 spouses, 35 children (35 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 10 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 109 (45 male householders (45 living alone)), 64 female householders (64 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 223 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 109 1-person,
68 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (2 men, 15 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% |