Newton township, Jasper County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Newton township: | 0.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Newton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 252
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 39
- South: 50
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Newton township, Iowa:
- 285 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 31 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in other group homes
- 5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 147
- One, attached: 3
- Mobile homes: 56
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,700
Housing units in Newton township with a mortgage: 20 (4 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (27%)
- Construction (18%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Food (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (3%)
- Educational services (27%)
- Health care (12%)
- Food (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Newton township:
- United States or American (34.2%)
- German (13.7%)
- English (10.8%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- Danish (1.4%)
- Dutch (1.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (71%)
- Germany (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 142 (78%)
- Carpooled: 26 (14%)
- Worked at home: 13 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Wood (28%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Newton township, Iowa:
- 285 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 31 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in other group homes
- 5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.4% of residents of Newton township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 394- In family households: 350 (94 male householders, 21 female householders)
107 spouses, 115 children (103 natural, 4 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 2 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 44 (18 male householders (16 living alone)), 19 female householders (15 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 48 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 25 4-persons, 12 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 31 1-person, 6 2-persons,
2,886 married couples with children.
982 single-parent households (230 men, 752 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |