Prairie township, Delaware County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 373 (all rural)
| Males: 189 |  (50.7%) |
| Females: 184 |  (49.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 373 (301 owner occupied, 72 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Prairie township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 33.6
Median age of females: 30.5
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Average household size: 3.24
| Prairie township: | 3.2 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.35
| Prairie township: | $54,479 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $400 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $127,921 (it was $83,900 in 2000)
| : | $127,921 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 11 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 23.0% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 2.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Prairie Center Community Hall (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Sand Creek Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
75% of Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% 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: 416
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 5
- South: 13
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 126
Housing units in Prairie township with a mortgage: 38 (2 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (39%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Warehousing and storage (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Leather and allied products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (18%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie township:
- German (72.1%)
- Swiss (7.4%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- Portuguese (4.5%)
- United States or American (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 134 (64%)
- Carpooled: 21 (10%)
- Walked: 14 (7%)
- Worked at home: 39 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (72%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 434- In family households: 434 (108 male householders, 16 female householders)
118 spouses, 175 children (162 natural, 6 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 0 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 34 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 10 6-persons,
129 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (7 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
| Here: | 34.8% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |