Portland township, Plymouth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Portland township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
64% of Portland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1301
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 335
- South: 27
- West: 58
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 658
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 25
- 5 to 9: 42
- 20 to 49: 41
- Mobile homes: 31
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,600
Housing units in Portland township with a mortgage: 258 (28 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 221
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (13%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Portland township:
- German (44.4%)
- Norwegian (8.0%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- English (7.9%)
- United States or American (7.2%)
- Swedish (5.5%)
- Dutch (5.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Sweden (22%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- India (17%)
- Germany (11%)
- Pakistan (11%)
- Mexico (11%)
- Canada (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 659 (81%)
- Carpooled: 82 (10%)
- Walked: 49 (6%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 19 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
97.2% of residents of Portland township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,754- In family households: 1,420 (418 male householders, 82 female householders)
423 spouses, 470 children (419 natural, 10 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 1 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 334 (104 male householders (96 living alone)), 189 female householders (177 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 271 2-persons, 82 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 273 1-person, 10 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 1 5-persons,
326 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (30 men, 59 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |