Newport township, Johnson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
Newport township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
51% of Newport township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 17% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 413
- Northeast: 86
- Midwest: 215
- South: 183
- West: 76
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $34,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 415
- Mobile homes: 244
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,200
Housing units in Newport township with a mortgage: 76 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 125
- Construction (12%)
- Air transportation (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Air transportation (19%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Air transportation workers (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Transportation, tourism, and lodging attendants (19%)
- Cashiers (16%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Legal support workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Newport township:
- Irish (31.8%)
- English (18.6%)
- United States or American (18.2%)
- German (14.4%)
- Polish (3.7%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (73%)
- United Kingdom (27%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 186 (70%)
- Carpooled: 32 (12%)
- Other means: 41 (15%)
- Worked at home: 7 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (2%)
96.0% of residents of Newport township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 988- In family households: 831 (251 male householders, 61 female householders)
281 spouses, 205 children (185 natural, 11 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 10 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 157 (65 male householders (49 living alone)), 77 female householders (77 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 207 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 126 1-person, 16 2-persons,
470 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (10 men, 20 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% |