Pleasant township, Winneshiek County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Pleasant township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Pleasant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 18% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1529
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 79
- South: 148
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 372
- Mobile homes: 334
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,600
Housing units in Pleasant township with a mortgage: 105 (11 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 136
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Construction (23%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Educational services (26%)
- Public administration (24%)
- Health care (13%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Carpenters (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (13%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (11%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Computer specialists (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pleasant township:
- United States or American (40.9%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- English (8.1%)
- German (5.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.2%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
- French Canadian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (60%)
- Iran (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 662 (86%)
- Carpooled: 103 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (38%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (13%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
98.1% of residents of Pleasant township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 58% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,839- In family households: 1,678 (486 male householders, 62 female householders)
479 spouses, 589 children (521 natural, 33 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 11 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 161 (76 male householders (60 living alone)), 59 female householders (50 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 244 2-persons, 124 3-persons, 120 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person, 25 2-persons,
97 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (3 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 34
| Here: | 14.6% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
| Here: | 30.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |