Mound Prairie township, Jasper County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Mound Prairie township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
49% of Mound Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 21% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 381
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 61
- South: 333
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
78 people in religious group quarters
51 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 182
- Mobile homes: 131
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,000
Housing units in Mound Prairie township with a mortgage: 96 (12 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 30
- Construction (16%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (18%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mound Prairie township:
- United States or American (19.8%)
- German (8.2%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- English (4.5%)
- African (3.1%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
- French (except Basque) (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 391 (84%)
- Carpooled: 50 (11%)
- Worked at home: 23 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Electricity (42%)
- Utility gas (4%)
78 people in religious group quarters
51 people in nursing homes
97.0% of residents of Mound Prairie township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 823- In family households: 718 (156 male householders, 68 female householders)
176 spouses, 263 children (248 natural, 0 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 105 (70 male householders (53 living alone)), 15 female householders (15 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 63 2-persons, 67 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 68 1-person, 17 2-persons,
154 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (0 men, 5 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |