Otter township, Warren County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 793 (all rural)
| Males: 401 |  (50.6%) |
| Females: 392 |  (49.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 793 (693 owner occupied, 100 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Otter township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.6%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
Median age of males: 36.8
Median age of females: 36.2
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Average household size: 2.98
| Otter township: | 3.0 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.19
| Otter township: | $63,082 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $632 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $157,323 (it was $102,600 in 2000)
| : | $157,323 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 22 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 19.2% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 5.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Greenwood Raceway (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Otter township: Browns Chapel (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Hammondsburg Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Turkery Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
71% of Otter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 211
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 12
- South: 28
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 70
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $60,700
Housing units in Otter township with a mortgage: 9 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24
- Construction (20%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Finance and insurance (24%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Registered nurses (12%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Otter township:
- United States or American (40.7%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- German (10.7%)
- English (10.0%)
- Polish (1.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 87 (78%)
- Carpooled: 8 (7%)
- Walked: 2 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 12 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Wood (24%)
96.4% of residents of Otter township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 261- In family households: 232 (68 male householders, 13 female householders)
74 spouses, 70 children (66 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 29 (18 male householders (16 living alone)), 9 female householders (9 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 35 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 25 1-person, 2 2-persons,
190 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (13 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 5.3% |
| 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: 3
| Here: | 42.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |