Scott township, Buena Vista County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (91% naturalized citizens)
| Scott township: | 9.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
75% of Scott township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 839
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 162
- South: 234
- West: 163
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 379
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 162
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,700
Housing units in Scott township with a mortgage: 90 (17 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (52%)
- Food (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (10%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Food (9%)
- Retail florists (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (47%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Secondary school teachers (11%)
- Art and design workers (11%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (11%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Scott township:
- United States or American (30.7%)
- German (12.8%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- English (9.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.8%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (77%)
- Laos (14%)
- Australia (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 515 (80%)
- Carpooled: 75 (12%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 39 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Wood (27%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
96.8% of residents of Scott township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,450- In family households: 1,357 (375 male householders, 43 female householders)
366 spouses, 504 children (464 natural, 20 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 27 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 93 (41 male householders (38 living alone)), 42 female householders (38 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 190 2-persons, 78 3-persons, 78 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 76 1-person, 7 2-persons,
56 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (3 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 1.4% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |