Rome township, Jones County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Rome township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
64% of Rome township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1899
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 368
- South: 95
- West: 45
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 637
- Two: 9
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 272
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,700
Housing units in Rome township with a mortgage: 288 (30 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 136
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rome township:
- United States or American (48.3%)
- German (12.3%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- English (3.9%)
- Polish (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 917 (83%)
- Carpooled: 173 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 3 (0%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 5 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Electricity (44%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
98.3% of residents of Rome township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,424- In family households: 2,282 (626 male householders, 85 female householders)
639 spouses, 800 children (657 natural, 22 adopted, 121 stepchildren), 72 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 10 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 142 (60 male householders (54 living alone)), 68 female householders (59 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 285 2-persons, 135 3-persons, 185 4-persons, 76 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 113 1-person, 13 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
221 married couples with children.
79 single-parent households (33 men, 46 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 14.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |