Monona township, Clayton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (26% naturalized citizens)
| Monona township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Monona township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1611
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 523
- South: 18
- West: 45
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $34,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 794
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 30
- 3 or 4: 40
- 5 to 9: 39
- 10 to 19: 29
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 21
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,800
Housing units in Monona township with a mortgage: 315 (39 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 241
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Food (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monona township:
- German (62.3%)
- Norwegian (9.8%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- English (3.6%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
- Czech (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (58%)
- Germany (16%)
- Korea (16%)
- Greece (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 814 (76%)
- Carpooled: 129 (12%)
- Walked: 50 (5%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 75 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (3%)
96.8% of residents of Monona township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 35% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,226- In family households: 1,899 (524 male householders, 99 female householders)
519 spouses, 684 children (641 natural, 16 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 9 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 327 (121 male householders (107 living alone)), 169 female householders (150 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 289 2-persons, 128 3-persons, 127 4-persons, 61 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 257 1-person, 28 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
442 married couples with children.
97 single-parent households (34 men, 63 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): 3
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 37.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |