Oto township, Woodbury County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Oto township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Oto 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, 44% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 238
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 38
- South: 13
- West: 13
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 118
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Oto township with a mortgage: 23 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 18
- Construction (19%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Health care (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (18%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Warehousing and storage (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Construction laborers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (13%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Business operations specialists (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oto township:
- German (60.4%)
- Irish (13.6%)
- English (4.8%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
- Norwegian (3.6%)
- United States or American (3.2%)
- Polish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (43%)
- Other Western Europe (29%)
- Philippines (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 106 (76%)
- Carpooled: 13 (9%)
- Walked: 5 (4%)
- Worked at home: 16 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (69%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Other fuel (4%)
95.7% of residents of Oto township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 309- In family households: 282 (69 male householders, 18 female householders)
73 spouses, 106 children (105 natural, 1 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 27 (14 male householders (14 living alone)), 10 female householders (7 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 44 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 21 1-person, 3 2-persons,
71 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (7 men, 11 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% |