Penn township, Madison County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Penn township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Penn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 586
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 92
- South: 20
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
26 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 205
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 33
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 35
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Penn township with a mortgage: 101 (10 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 27
- Construction (16%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (29%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (15%)
- Other financial specialists (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Penn township:
- German (25.1%)
- United States or American (19.0%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- English (12.3%)
- Polish (3.8%)
- French Canadian (3.5%)
- Danish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Africa (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 288 (81%)
- Carpooled: 38 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (2%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (3%)
26 people in nursing homes
96.8% of residents of Penn township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 709- In family households: 629 (178 male householders, 34 female householders)
178 spouses, 211 children (206 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 80 (39 male householders (32 living alone)), 31 female householders (31 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 28 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 100 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 63 1-person, 7 2-persons,
170 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (5 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 2.3% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |