Mantua township, Monroe County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 276 (19% naturalized citizens)
| Mantua township: | 275.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
53% of Mantua township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 19724
- Northeast: 2029
- Midwest: 997
- South: 3807
- West: 562
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,115
- One, attached: 351
- Two: 888
- 3 or 4: 784
- 5 to 9: 700
- 10 to 19: 310
- 20 to 49: 141
- 50 or more: 413
- Mobile homes: 466
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Mantua township with a mortgage: 3,066 (407 second mortgage, 468 home equity loan, 35 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,279
- Food (17%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Food (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (13%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (13%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Special education teachers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mantua township:
- United States or American (16.8%)
- German (9.9%)
- English (6.4%)
- African (2.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- Irish (2.5%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (50%)
- Honduras (11%)
- Other Western Africa (5%)
- Vietnam (4%)
- India (3%)
- El Salvador (3%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,475 (76%)
- Carpooled: 1,941 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 81 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 3 (0%)
- Railroad: 6 (0%)
- Taxi: 30 (0%)
- Bicycle: 57 (1%)
- Walked: 287 (3%)
- Other means: 66 (1%)
- Worked at home: 249 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
92.4% of residents of Mantua township speak English at home.
5.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 24% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 25,833- In family households: 20,926 (4,323 male householders, 2,476 female householders)
4,584 spouses, 7,058 children (6,427 natural, 152 adopted, 479 stepchildren), 785 grandchildren, 352 brothers or sisters, 188 parents, 640 other relatives, 520 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,907 (1,788 male householders (1,459 living alone)), 2,480 female householders (2,294 living alone)), 639 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,846 (1,472 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,081 2-persons, 1,586 3-persons, 1,171 4-persons, 592 5-persons, 252 6-persons, 117 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,753 1-person, 403 2-persons, 86 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 12 5-persons,
94 married couples with children.
32 single-parent households (14 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 207
| Here: | 6.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 95
| Here: | 6.4% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,127
| Here: | 58.1% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |