Rush Lake township, Palo Alto County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Rush Lake township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
52% of Rush Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 19% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 600
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 17
- South: 83
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $20,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 226
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 131
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,300
Housing units in Rush Lake township with a mortgage: 66 (7 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 75
- Construction (25%)
- Paper (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Paper (15%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (12%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Religious workers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rush Lake township:
- United States or American (27.0%)
- German (15.0%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- English (3.4%)
- European (2.4%)
- Polish (1.1%)
- Australian (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 269 (86%)
- Carpooled: 25 (8%)
- Other means: 20 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Wood (9%)
96.8% of residents of Rush Lake township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 767- In family households: 637 (171 male householders, 40 female householders)
174 spouses, 218 children (216 natural, 2 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 130 (43 male householders (30 living alone)), 61 female householders (55 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 111 2-persons, 51 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 85 1-person, 12 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
119 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (6 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 21.5% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 57.1% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |