Maquoketa township, Jackson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 3,133 (77% urban, 23% rural)
| Males: 1,489 |  (47.5%) |
| Females: 1,644 |  (52.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 3,107 (2,309 owner occupied, 798 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 26% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Maquoketa township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.8%
- Black: 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 35.8
Median age of females: 36.7
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Average household size: 2.44
| Maquoketa township: | 2.4 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.01
| Maquoketa township: | $46,928 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $434 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $112,301 (it was $80,300 in 2000)
| : | $112,301 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 87 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 15.1% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Maquoketa township: Union Centre (A), Timber City Golf Course (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Rathbun Cemetery (1), Miller Estate Cemetery (2), Jessen Farm Cemetery (3), Codfish Cemetery (4), Bridgeport Cemetery (5), Baden Cemetery (6), Jessen Farm Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Silver Creek (A), Prairie Creek (B), Hainer Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
55% of Maquoketa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2584
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 321
- South: 109
- West: 96
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
14 people in nursing homes
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 919
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 42
- 3 or 4: 42
- 5 to 9: 51
- 20 to 49: 18
- Mobile homes: 285
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,700
Housing units in Maquoketa township with a mortgage: 312 (34 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 259
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (14%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (11%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Beverage and tobacco products (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (32%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electricians (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (12%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Maquoketa township:
- German (51.8%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- United States or American (9.1%)
- English (7.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Swiss (1.8%)
- Italian (1.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,205 (78%)
- Carpooled: 168 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 8 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 30 (2%)
- Walked: 64 (4%)
- Other means: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 38 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (3%)
14 people in nursing homes
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.2% of residents of Maquoketa township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,111- In family households: 2,667 (679 male householders, 205 female householders)
638 spouses, 957 children (847 natural, 34 adopted, 76 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 11 other relatives, 121 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 444 (145 male householders (120 living alone)), 254 female householders (242 living alone)), 45 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 27 (16 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 411 2-persons, 174 3-persons, 177 4-persons, 88 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 362 1-person, 37 2-persons,
571 married couples with children.
253 single-parent households (54 men, 199 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 4.4% |
| 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: 14
| Here: | 22.2% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |