Oran township, Fayette County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (11% naturalized citizens)
| Oran township: | 8.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Oran township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1291
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 32
- South: 101
- West: 100
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 434
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 33
- 5 to 9: 14
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 17
- 50 or more: 4
- Mobile homes: 145
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,600
Housing units in Oran township with a mortgage: 152 (4 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Machinery (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (9%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (5%)
- Art and design workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oran township:
- United States or American (38.0%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- English (5.4%)
- German (2.8%)
- European (1.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (0.9%)
- Dutch (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (60%)
- Laos (33%)
- Japan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 413 (76%)
- Carpooled: 94 (17%)
- Walked: 18 (3%)
- Other means: 12 (2%)
- Worked at home: 9 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (3%)
- Solar energy (1%)
95.0% of residents of Oran township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (24% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well, 33% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,547- In family households: 1,372 (296 male householders, 120 female householders)
308 spouses, 526 children (485 natural, 10 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 52 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 16 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 175 (60 male householders (50 living alone)), 99 female householders (97 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 68 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 154 2-persons, 100 3-persons, 98 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 147 1-person, 6 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
153 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (5 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |