Paint Creek township, Allamakee County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (68% naturalized citizens)
Paint Creek township: | 4.5% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Paint Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% 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: 366
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 95
- South: 7
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 174
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 24
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,900
Housing units in Paint Creek township with a mortgage: 45 (3 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (47%)
- Construction (18%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (43%)
- U. S. Postal service (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (23%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (21%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (6%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (24%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Accountants and auditors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Personal appearance workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Paint Creek township:
- Norwegian (39.7%)
- German (25.2%)
- Irish (18.5%)
- United States or American (7.6%)
- English (1.7%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
- French (except Basque) (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (77%)
- Korea (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 154 (56%)
- Carpooled: 46 (17%)
- Walked: 21 (8%)
- Worked at home: 53 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (56%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Wood (16%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
94.8% of residents of Paint Creek township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 38% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 516- In family households: 475 (137 male householders, 7 female householders)
142 spouses, 182 children (151 natural, 5 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 41 (25 male householders (25 living alone)), 11 female householders (6 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 58 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 31 1-person, 5 2-persons,
126 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (14 men, 3 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% |