Marion township, Linn County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Marion township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
53% of Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 22599
- Northeast: 489
- Midwest: 4206
- South: 1015
- West: 1142
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $99,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
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 Marion township, Iowa:
- 329 people in nursing homes
- 128 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 93 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 87 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 22 people in other group homes
- 20 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,314
- One, attached: 424
- Two: 332
- 3 or 4: 599
- 5 to 9: 489
- 10 to 19: 324
- 20 to 49: 222
- 50 or more: 182
- Mobile homes: 1,348
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,200
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 5,336 (658 second mortgage, 719 home equity loan, 32 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,023
- Construction (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- German (36.6%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- English (9.7%)
- United States or American (7.2%)
- Norwegian (5.2%)
- Czech (3.2%)
- European (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (19%)
- Germany (11%)
- Canada (10%)
- Korea (9%)
- Pakistan (8%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 14,029 (85%)
- Carpooled: 1,465 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 179 (1%)
- Taxi: 22 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 39 (0%)
- Walked: 172 (1%)
- Other means: 75 (0%)
- Worked at home: 540 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Marion township, Iowa:
- 329 people in nursing homes
- 128 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 93 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 87 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 22 people in other group homes
- 20 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
96.5% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 29,454- In family households: 25,255 (6,722 male householders, 1,440 female householders)
6,916 spouses, 9,168 children (8,372 natural, 365 adopted, 431 stepchildren), 275 grandchildren, 139 brothers or sisters, 105 parents, 127 other relatives, 363 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,199 (1,473 male householders (1,072 living alone)), 2,011 female householders (1,761 living alone)), 715 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 660 (338 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,558 2-persons, 1,777 3-persons, 1,798 4-persons, 738 5-persons, 238 6-persons, 53 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,833 1-person, 571 2-persons, 68 3-persons, 12 4-persons,
6,326 married couples with children.
1,286 single-parent households (344 men, 942 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 485
| Here: | 13.6% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 93
| Here: | 5.2% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 216
| Here: | 19.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |