Nevada township, Story County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Nevada township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Nevada township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 870
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 19
- South: 55
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Nevada township, Iowa:
- 130 people in nursing homes
- 53 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 23 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 343
- One, attached: 3
- Mobile homes: 128
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,200
Housing units in Nevada township with a mortgage: 77 (3 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 114
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (33%)
- Construction (8%)
- Paper (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (15%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Nevada township:
- United States or American (40.8%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- German (4.8%)
- English (3.5%)
- Italian (0.8%)
- Scottish (0.6%)
- French (except Basque) (0.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 293 (77%)
- Carpooled: 66 (17%)
- Bicycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Wood (8%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Other fuel (3%)
People in group quarters in Nevada township, Iowa:
- 130 people in nursing homes
- 53 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 23 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.0% of residents of Nevada township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 974- In family households: 865 (234 male householders, 52 female householders)
227 spouses, 291 children (272 natural, 7 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 7 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 109 (51 male householders (44 living alone)), 46 female householders (43 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 107 2-persons, 91 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 87 1-person, 8 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
1,287 married couples with children.
377 single-parent households (75 men, 302 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.9% |
| 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% |