Pleasant township, Poweshiek County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Pleasant township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
84% of Pleasant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 89% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 339
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 18
- South: 9
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 101
- Mobile homes: 9
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,500
Housing units in Pleasant township with a mortgage: 40 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7
- Machinery (17%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (16%)
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Printing and related support activities (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Health care (27%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Apparel, fabrics, and notions merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (16%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (16%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (21%)
- Health technologists and technicians (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Business operations specialists (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pleasant township:
- German (24.3%)
- United States or American (22.6%)
- Irish (19.9%)
- English (18.1%)
- Swedish (4.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Central America (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 166 (80%)
- Carpooled: 22 (11%)
- Other means: 6 (3%)
- Worked at home: 13 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (88%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (4%)
97.2% of residents of Pleasant township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 375- In family households: 375 (105 male householders, 0 female householders)
116 spouses, 154 children (137 natural, 5 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 0 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 19 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
98 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (0 men, 3 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): 7
| Here: | 22.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |