Prairie township, Mahaska County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Prairie township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1443
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 128
- South: 30
- West: 53
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
60 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 591
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 40
- 5 to 9: 30
- 20 to 49: 6
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 37
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,400
Housing units in Prairie township with a mortgage: 224 (12 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 180
- Utilities (20%)
- Food (15%)
- Apparel (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Educational services (27%)
- Apparel (20%)
- Food (12%)
- Social assistance (11%)
- Health care (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (15%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (16%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (14%)
- Child care workers (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Financial managers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie township:
- Dutch (29.9%)
- German (18.1%)
- English (11.8%)
- United States or American (11.6%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
- Norwegian (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (33%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Philippines (22%)
- Ecuador (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 635 (74%)
- Carpooled: 148 (17%)
- Walked: 17 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 57 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
60 people in nursing homes
98.9% of residents of Prairie township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,617- In family households: 1,414 (399 male householders, 66 female householders)
405 spouses, 485 children (430 natural, 17 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 13 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 203 (68 male householders (56 living alone)), 117 female householders (112 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 59 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 216 2-persons, 102 3-persons, 86 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 168 1-person, 15 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
342 married couples with children.
81 single-parent households (25 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |