Paradise township, Crawford County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 12 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Paradise township: | 11.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Paradise township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 20% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 254
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 18
- South: 6
- West: 2
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 106
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Paradise township with a mortgage: 17 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16
- Construction (19%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (14%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Retail florists (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (12%)
- Accountants and auditors (8%)
- Customer service representatives (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Paradise township:
- German (43.7%)
- United States or American (15.7%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- English (5.4%)
- Swiss (4.6%)
- Finnish (3.1%)
- Norwegian (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 116 (71%)
- Carpooled: 35 (21%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 10 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (6%)
84.6% of residents of Paradise township speak English at home.
15.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (9% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 53% speak English not well, 33% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 321- In family households: 289 (67 male householders, 8 female householders)
71 spouses, 125 children (115 natural, 8 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 11 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 32 (16 male householders (16 living alone)), 14 female householders (11 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 21 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 27 1-person, 3 2-persons,
87 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (4 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 22.0% |
| 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% |