Scott township, Franklin County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Scott township: | 7.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
82% of Scott township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 363
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 10
- South: 0
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 183
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Scott township with a mortgage: 45 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 40
- Truck transportation (24%)
- Construction (12%)
- Metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Petroleum and coal products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Food (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (28%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Scott township:
- German (50.0%)
- United States or American (12.0%)
- Danish (8.2%)
- English (6.5%)
- Norwegian (4.1%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- Irish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (50%)
- Germany (20%)
- Canada (20%)
- Ukraine (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 134 (67%)
- Carpooled: 25 (13%)
- Walked: 7 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 32 (16%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
94.2% of residents of Scott township speak English at home.
4.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 417- In family households: 351 (105 male householders, 10 female householders)
106 spouses, 115 children (109 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 66 (30 male householders (26 living alone)), 24 female householders (24 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 53 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 50 1-person, 1 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
94 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (4 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 18.6% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |