Polk township, Benton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Polk township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
50% of Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% 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: 1509
- Northeast: 20
- Midwest: 202
- South: 47
- West: 60
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 620
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Polk township with a mortgage: 298 (27 second mortgage, 35 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 115
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Computer and electronic products (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polk township:
- German (48.8%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- English (8.7%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- Norwegian (5.3%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 741 (77%)
- Carpooled: 136 (14%)
- Walked: 28 (3%)
- Worked at home: 54 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (2%)
98.2% of residents of Polk township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,847- In family households: 1,699 (477 male householders, 79 female householders)
479 spouses, 606 children (532 natural, 18 adopted, 56 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 11 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 148 (73 male householders (54 living alone)), 51 female householders (44 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 245 2-persons, 119 3-persons, 120 4-persons, 61 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 98 1-person, 26 2-persons,
419 married couples with children.
74 single-parent households (31 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 1.2% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 23.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |