Morning Sun township, Louisa County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (20% naturalized citizens)
| Morning Sun township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Morning Sun township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1060
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 110
- South: 7
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
40 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 417
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 64
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Morning Sun township with a mortgage: 147 (5 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 128
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Morning Sun township:
- German (38.4%)
- United States or American (15.1%)
- English (10.2%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
- Welsh (4.0%)
- Swedish (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (50%)
- Vietnam (30%)
- Germany (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 490 (81%)
- Carpooled: 80 (13%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 3 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Worked at home: 12 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (1%)
40 people in nursing homes
97.7% of residents of Morning Sun township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,196- In family households: 1,035 (302 male householders, 48 female householders)
317 spouses, 305 children (294 natural, 0 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 161 (59 male householders (41 living alone)), 72 female householders (67 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 40 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 165 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 79 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 108 1-person, 20 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
234 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (10 men, 35 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: 10
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |