Perry township, Tama County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Perry township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1156
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 102
- South: 132
- West: 55
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
78 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 322
- Mobile homes: 259
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,600
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 99 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 105
- Construction (20%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (29%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Construction (3%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- United States or American (71.3%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- German (3.3%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- English (1.8%)
- Polish (0.9%)
- Russian (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 507 (70%)
- Carpooled: 188 (26%)
- Other means: 18 (2%)
- Worked at home: 9 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Utility gas (12%)
- Wood (5%)
78 people in nursing homes
96.8% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,460- In family households: 1,326 (397 male householders, 51 female householders)
385 spouses, 422 children (408 natural, 0 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 134 (72 male householders (72 living alone)), 55 female householders (47 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 181 2-persons, 115 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 55 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 119 1-person, 8 2-persons,
330 married couples with children.
68 single-parent households (20 men, 48 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): 6
Here: | 10.9% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |