Prescott township, Adams County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 433 (all rural)
| Males: 208 |  (48.0%) |
| Females: 225 |  (52.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 433 (378 owner occupied, 55 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Prescott township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.2%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 45.0
Median age of females: 46.1
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Average household size: 2.35
| Prescott township: | 2.4 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.82
| Prescott township: | $46,213 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $359 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $86,982 (it was $56,500 in 2000)
| : | $86,982 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $132,638
Here: $132,638 State: $159,697
Townhouses or other attached units: $101,264
Here: $101,264 State: $193,868
Mobile homes: $53,783
Here: $53,783 State: $46,008
| Population density: 12 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 18.0% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 10.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Prescott.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Old Evergreen Cemetery (1), Icarian Cemetery (2), Evergreen Cemetery (3), Mount Pleasant Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Brown Branch (A), Mount Zion Branch (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
67% of Prescott township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 95% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 273
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 37
- South: 43
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 138
- Mobile homes: 55
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,100
Housing units in Prescott township with a mortgage: 27 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 26
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (15%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Health care (10%)
- Other direct selling establishments (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Top executives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prescott township:
- United States or American (31.5%)
- English (15.1%)
- Irish (14.6%)
- German (5.9%)
- Norwegian (4.6%)
- Dutch (3.7%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 121 (79%)
- Carpooled: 29 (19%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (2%)
- Other means: 1 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%)
- Wood (27%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Utility gas (5%)
97.4% of residents of Prescott township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 368- In family households: 333 (106 male householders, 12 female householders)
96 spouses, 104 children (99 natural, 3 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 35 (13 male householders (11 living alone)), 20 female householders (20 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 59 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 31 1-person, 2 3-persons,
77 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (1 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 10.5% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 13.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |