Nokomis township, Buena Vista County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Nokomis township: | 4.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Nokomis township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1604
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 311
- South: 84
- West: 126
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
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
32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
5 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 735
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 52
- 3 or 4: 40
- 5 to 9: 22
- Mobile homes: 70
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,000
Housing units in Nokomis township with a mortgage: 311 (23 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 207
- Food (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Construction (8%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Nokomis township:
- German (40.4%)
- Norwegian (7.3%)
- Swedish (7.3%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- English (5.3%)
- United States or American (5.3%)
- Danish (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (48%)
- El Salvador (9%)
- Guatemala (9%)
- Cambodia (6%)
- Germany (4%)
- Nicaragua (4%)
- Colombia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 863 (80%)
- Carpooled: 99 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 46 (4%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 59 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- No fuel used (1%)
32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
5 people in homes for the mentally ill
90.9% of residents of Nokomis township speak English at home.
7.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,224- In family households: 1,905 (509 male householders, 100 female householders)
495 spouses, 708 children (646 natural, 27 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 11 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 319 (110 male householders (85 living alone)), 156 female householders (138 living alone)), 53 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 37 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 266 2-persons, 111 3-persons, 142 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 223 1-person, 35 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
458 married couples with children.
154 single-parent households (46 men, 108 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 28.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |