Prairie township, Kossuth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Prairie township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
83% of Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 220
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 15
- South: 8
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 98
Housing units in Prairie township with a mortgage: 14 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19
- Truck transportation (13%)
- Wood products (11%)
- Construction (8%)
- Paper (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Gasoline stations (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (10%)
- Paper (8%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (18%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Plant and system operators (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (11%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie township:
- German (68.4%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- United States or American (7.9%)
- French (except Basque) (4.7%)
- Danish (2.8%)
- Norwegian (2.8%)
- Luxemburger (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 79 (59%)
- Carpooled: 14 (11%)
- Walked: 9 (7%)
- Other means: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 29 (22%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (66%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Utility gas (11%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Solar energy (4%)
94.6% of residents of Prairie township speak English at home.
5.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 259- In family households: 240 (63 male householders, 9 female householders)
66 spouses, 96 children (93 natural, 3 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 19 (16 male householders (16 living alone)), 3 female householders (3 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 29 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 19 1-person,
70 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (2 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 50.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 100.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |