Norwalk township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Norwalk township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
84% of Norwalk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 359
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 5
- South: 29
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 180
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 49
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,600
Housing units in Norwalk township with a mortgage: 27 (13 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 37
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (47%)
- Public administration (20%)
- Repair and maintenance (11%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
- Construction (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Food (33%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (34%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (33%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (26%)
- Postsecondary teachers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Norwalk township:
- United States or American (15.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.2%)
- Russian (2.8%)
- Irish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (81%)
- Other Eastern Europe (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 129 (78%)
- Carpooled: 37 (22%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Utility gas (30%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Wood (9%)
82.8% of residents of Norwalk township speak English at home.
12.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 25% don't speak English at all).
4.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 425- In family households: 391 (102 male householders, 13 female householders)
93 spouses, 174 children (174 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 34 (11 male householders (6 living alone)), 15 female householders (15 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 32 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 12 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 21 1-person, 5 2-persons,
313 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (8 men, 63 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 14.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |