Lost Grove township, Webster County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 685 (all rural)
| Males: 347 |  (50.7%) |
| Females: 338 |  (49.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 685 (545 owner occupied, 140 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 20% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Lost Grove township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.1%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.4%
Median age of males: 41.0
Median age of females: 43.2
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Average household size: 2.40
| Lost Grove township: | 2.4 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.11
| Lost Grove township: | $42,137 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $465 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $86,063 (it was $65,900 in 2000)
| : | $86,063 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 19 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 5.7% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Harcourt.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Lost Grove Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
72% of Lost Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 546
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 79
- South: 15
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 259
- 3 or 4: 37
- 5 to 9: 14
- 10 to 19: 9
- 20 to 49: 8
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Lost Grove township with a mortgage: 88 (3 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 75
- Construction (10%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lost Grove township:
- Swedish (28.8%)
- German (20.1%)
- Irish (14.4%)
- Norwegian (8.3%)
- English (5.1%)
- United States or American (5.1%)
- Scandinavian (3.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 219 (73%)
- Carpooled: 45 (15%)
- Walked: 6 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 29 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
98.8% of residents of Lost Grove township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 679- In family households: 543 (174 male householders, 6 female householders)
166 spouses, 179 children (160 natural, 0 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 136 (35 male householders (27 living alone)), 93 female householders (89 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 100 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 116 1-person, 12 2-persons,
142 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (2 men, 12 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: 3
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |