Plymouth township, Plymouth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (33% naturalized citizens)
Plymouth township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Plymouth township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 812
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 149
- South: 10
- West: 46
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 374
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 11
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,900
Housing units in Plymouth township with a mortgage: 140 (6 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 134
- Health care (23%)
- Wood products (14%)
- Rail transportation (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Health care (30%)
- Social assistance (14%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (19%)
- Physicians and surgeons (14%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Architects, surveyors, and cartographers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (15%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Accountants and auditors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plymouth township:
- German (52.7%)
- United States or American (7.3%)
- Dutch (6.6%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- Norwegian (5.0%)
- Danish (4.1%)
- English (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- South Africa (67%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 468 (92%)
- Carpooled: 25 (5%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 9 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (2%)
98.4% of residents of Plymouth township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,023- In family households: 904 (235 male householders, 38 female householders)
257 spouses, 344 children (303 natural, 14 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 119 (56 male householders (44 living alone)), 46 female householders (46 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 114 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 55 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 90 1-person, 4 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
247 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (14 men, 31 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 2.4% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 8.2% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
Here: | 56.7% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |