Mitchell township, Mitchell County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 27.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 387 (all rural)
| Males: 204 |  (52.7%) |
| Females: 183 |  (47.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 387 (337 owner occupied, 50 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Mitchell township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.2%
- Black: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.8%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
Median age of males: 41.1
Median age of females: 41.1
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Average household size: 2.56
| Mitchell township: | 2.6 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.96
| Mitchell township: | $51,458 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $387 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $110,361 (it was $70,600 in 2000)
| : | $110,361 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 14 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 11.5% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 6.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Mitchell.
67% of Mitchell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 390
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 40
- South: 10
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 170
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Mitchell township with a mortgage: 60 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 33
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Printing and related support activities (15%)
- Construction (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Leather and allied products (7%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Health care (31%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (10%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (12%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Printing workers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (17%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mitchell township:
- German (45.0%)
- Norwegian (20.6%)
- United States or American (7.7%)
- Irish (5.2%)
- Danish (4.9%)
- Belgian (3.2%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 153 (72%)
- Carpooled: 45 (21%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 10 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Utility gas (45%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (2%)
- Electricity (1%)
98.3% of residents of Mitchell township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 445- In family households: 413 (111 male householders, 20 female householders)
95 spouses, 175 children (173 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 32 (19 male householders (18 living alone)), 11 female householders (11 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 58 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 29 1-person, 1 2-persons,
68 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (7 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 6.8% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |