Rock township, Woodbury County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Rock township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Rock township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 574
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 65
- South: 17
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $38,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 297
- One, attached: 3
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,200
Housing units in Rock township with a mortgage: 80 (5 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 85
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (16%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rock township:
- German (54.4%)
- United States or American (14.4%)
- English (6.0%)
- Norwegian (4.2%)
- Polish (3.7%)
- Swedish (3.3%)
- Irish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 256 (74%)
- Carpooled: 55 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 24 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (66%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
95.9% of residents of Rock township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 700- In family households: 625 (186 male householders, 24 female householders)
187 spouses, 211 children (188 natural, 4 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 75 (32 male householders (27 living alone)), 37 female householders (37 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 100 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 64 1-person, 3 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
148 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (8 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
Here: | 16.3% |
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: 6
Here: | 27.3% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |