Makee township, Allamakee County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (79% naturalized citizens)
| Makee township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Makee township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3270
- Northeast: 36
- Midwest: 959
- South: 64
- West: 67
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Makee township, Iowa:
- 150 people in nursing homes
- 37 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,380
- One, attached: 20
- Two: 129
- 3 or 4: 127
- 5 to 9: 93
- 10 to 19: 46
- 20 to 49: 12
- Mobile homes: 148
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,900
Housing units in Makee township with a mortgage: 512 (42 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 504
- Construction (14%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Makee township:
- German (37.4%)
- Norwegian (20.5%)
- Irish (18.6%)
- United States or American (9.3%)
- English (3.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.3%)
- Scottish (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (62%)
- Mexico (21%)
- Guatemala (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,634 (76%)
- Carpooled: 316 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 126 (6%)
- Worked at home: 55 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
People in group quarters in Makee township, Iowa:
- 150 people in nursing homes
- 37 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
96.8% of residents of Makee township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English well, 26% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,213- In family households: 3,450 (980 male householders, 163 female householders)
934 spouses, 1,205 children (1,147 natural, 24 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 36 brothers or sisters, 28 parents, 7 other relatives, 91 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 763 (233 male householders (197 living alone)), 463 female householders (437 living alone)), 67 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 219 (166 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 570 2-persons, 231 3-persons, 225 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 38 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 634 1-person, 56 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
766 married couples with children.
229 single-parent households (46 men, 183 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 74
| Here: | 16.4% |
| 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: 19
| Here: | 28.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |