Marengo township, Iowa County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (69% naturalized citizens)
| Marengo township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Marengo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2191
- Northeast: 45
- Midwest: 149
- South: 123
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
76 people in nursing homes
8 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 852
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 58
- 3 or 4: 103
- 5 to 9: 48
- 20 to 49: 28
- Mobile homes: 49
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,600
Housing units in Marengo township with a mortgage: 401 (36 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 264
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Construction (11%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Health care (27%)
- Apparel (16%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (23%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (20%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (17%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Registered nurses (19%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marengo township:
- German (43.9%)
- United States or American (11.9%)
- English (10.2%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Belgian (2.7%)
- Czech (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (28%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Brazil (17%)
- Germany (14%)
- Canada (14%)
- Korea (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 906 (68%)
- Carpooled: 318 (24%)
- Walked: 61 (5%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 33 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
76 people in nursing homes
8 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.9% of residents of Marengo township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,499- In family households: 2,093 (532 male householders, 151 female householders)
562 spouses, 758 children (714 natural, 5 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 16 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 406 (141 male householders (130 living alone)), 219 female householders (191 living alone)), 46 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 85 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 325 2-persons, 126 3-persons, 153 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 321 1-person, 36 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
450 married couples with children.
165 single-parent households (51 men, 114 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: 2
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |