Red Oak township, Montgomery County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Red Oak township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Red Oak township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 831
- Northeast: 74
- Midwest: 312
- South: 247
- West: 123
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Red Oak township, Iowa:
- 131 people in nursing homes
- 10 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 428
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 9
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 207
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,600
Housing units in Red Oak township with a mortgage: 134 (6 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 127
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Construction (14%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Apparel (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Red Oak township:
- United States or American (23.5%)
- German (19.1%)
- Irish (17.1%)
- English (11.3%)
- Dutch (3.7%)
- Polish (3.5%)
- Italian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (36%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (18%)
- Taiwan (18%)
- Canada (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 458 (68%)
- Carpooled: 163 (24%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Other means: 22 (3%)
- Worked at home: 14 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (13%)
People in group quarters in Red Oak township, Iowa:
- 131 people in nursing homes
- 10 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.1% of residents of Red Oak township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,600- In family households: 1,395 (350 male householders, 109 female householders)
361 spouses, 483 children (428 natural, 12 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 34 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 205 (67 male householders (56 living alone)), 99 female householders (84 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 208 2-persons, 101 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 140 1-person, 18 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
1,078 married couples with children.
440 single-parent households (89 men, 351 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 1.5% |
| 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: 8
| Here: | 26.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |