Perry township, Jackson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (24% naturalized citizens)
| Perry township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 687
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 90
- South: 30
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
30 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 282
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 16
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 85 (6 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 51
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (13%)
- Textile mills and textile products (8%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Paper (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Textile mills and textile products (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- German (62.9%)
- United States or American (6.7%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- English (5.2%)
- Norwegian (2.5%)
- Czech (1.6%)
- Scandinavian (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Panama (47%)
- Germany (41%)
- Russia (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 289 (75%)
- Carpooled: 26 (7%)
- Railroad: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 20 (5%)
- Other means: 11 (3%)
- Worked at home: 35 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (7%)
30 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.5% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
4.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 835- In family households: 749 (178 male householders, 37 female householders)
171 spouses, 315 children (295 natural, 10 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 2 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 86 (39 male householders (30 living alone)), 28 female householders (24 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 30 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 67 2-persons, 52 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 54 1-person, 11 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
194 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (11 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 5.7% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |