Montrose township, Lee County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Montrose township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Montrose township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1364
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 451
- South: 107
- West: 82
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Montrose township, Iowa:
- 76 people in state prisons
- 46 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 662
- One, attached: 17
- 3 or 4: 26
- 5 to 9: 16
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 127
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,100
Housing units in Montrose township with a mortgage: 244 (35 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 195
- Construction (22%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Food (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (17%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (10%)
- Financial managers (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Secondary school teachers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Montrose township:
- German (41.9%)
- Irish (15.3%)
- United States or American (11.8%)
- English (9.1%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- British (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (42%)
- Korea (25%)
- Germany (17%)
- India (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 797 (89%)
- Carpooled: 61 (7%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 31 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (44%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
People in group quarters in Montrose township, Iowa:
- 76 people in state prisons
- 46 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
97.7% of residents of Montrose township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,898- In family households: 1,673 (475 male householders, 101 female householders)
450 spouses, 542 children (480 natural, 7 adopted, 55 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 15 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 225 (93 male householders (78 living alone)), 106 female householders (105 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 139 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 275 2-persons, 137 3-persons, 106 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 183 1-person, 12 2-persons, 4 5-persons,
344 married couples with children.
103 single-parent households (42 men, 61 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 45
| Here: | 20.4% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |