Nevada township, Palo Alto County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Nevada township: | 7.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
71% of Nevada township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1283
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 35
- South: 111
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 460
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 252
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,100
Housing units in Nevada township with a mortgage: 120 (13 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (11%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Paper (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Nevada township:
- United States or American (43.4%)
- English (9.8%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- German (6.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.3%)
- Austrian (1.2%)
- Scottish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 563 (83%)
- Carpooled: 90 (13%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 19 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
94.6% of residents of Nevada township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,459- In family households: 1,187 (310 male householders, 125 female householders)
357 spouses, 367 children (336 natural, 13 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 0 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 272 (127 male householders (108 living alone)), 112 female householders (112 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 18 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 229 2-persons, 113 3-persons, 86 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 220 1-person, 10 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
38 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (2 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 5.2% |
| 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: 17
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |