Oxford township, Johnson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 16 (9% naturalized citizens)
| Oxford township: | 15.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
52% of Oxford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6609
- Northeast: 181
- Midwest: 947
- South: 1179
- West: 382
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
2 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
2 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,365
- One, attached: 35
- Two: 174
- 3 or 4: 76
- 5 to 9: 114
- 10 to 19: 90
- 20 to 49: 153
- 50 or more: 41
- Mobile homes: 294
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,100
Housing units in Oxford township with a mortgage: 1,052 (72 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,042
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (29%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Retail florists (3%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oxford township:
- United States or American (29.0%)
- English (11.8%)
- German (10.5%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (38%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Japan (6%)
- France (5%)
- Other Eastern Europe (5%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (4%)
- Other South Central Asia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,214 (78%)
- Carpooled: 602 (15%)
- Walked: 189 (5%)
- Other means: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 125 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (1%)
2 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
2 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
94.2% of residents of Oxford township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 5% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (23% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 59% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,809- In family households: 7,184 (1,951 male householders, 540 female householders)
2,032 spouses, 2,272 children (2,018 natural, 107 adopted, 147 stepchildren), 179 grandchildren, 41 brothers or sisters, 45 parents, 54 other relatives, 70 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,625 (581 male householders (517 living alone)), 894 female householders (849 living alone)), 150 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 815 (357 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,253 2-persons, 635 3-persons, 364 4-persons, 143 5-persons, 75 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,366 1-person, 70 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 17 4-persons,
325 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (33 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 73
| Here: | 7.9% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 420
| Here: | 64.2% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |