Pittsford township, Butler County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (17% naturalized citizens)
| Pittsford township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Pittsford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 845
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 75
- South: 13
- West: 39
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
37 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 400
- One, attached: 5
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 3
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,000
Housing units in Pittsford township with a mortgage: 100 (9 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 144
- Construction (21%)
- Metal and metal products (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Leather and allied products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pittsford township:
- German (63.6%)
- United States or American (6.7%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Norwegian (4.6%)
- English (3.8%)
- Danish (3.2%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (71%)
- Romania (17%)
- Germany (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 342 (78%)
- Carpooled: 35 (8%)
- Bicycle: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 30 (7%)
- Other means: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 20 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- No fuel used (2%)
- Wood (1%)
37 people in nursing homes
95.2% of residents of Pittsford township speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 968- In family households: 825 (228 male householders, 38 female householders)
232 spouses, 291 children (275 natural, 7 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 143 (49 male householders (37 living alone)), 76 female householders (70 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 37 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 129 2-persons, 47 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 107 1-person, 16 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
178 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (20 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 4.1% |
| 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: 6
| Here: | 17.1% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |