Scott township, Johnson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (28% naturalized citizens)
| Scott township: | 4.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Scott township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1559
- Northeast: 40
- Midwest: 299
- South: 83
- West: 94
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
73 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 325
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 513
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,200
Housing units in Scott township with a mortgage: 142 (28 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 84
- Construction (26%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Cashiers (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Religious workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Scott township:
- German (32.1%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- English (7.5%)
- Danish (4.9%)
- Czech (3.6%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (51%)
- Vietnam (24%)
- El Salvador (16%)
- France (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,024 (88%)
- Carpooled: 102 (9%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
73 people in nursing homes
91.7% of residents of Scott township speak English at home.
6.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,112- In family households: 1,716 (444 male householders, 133 female householders)
474 spouses, 586 children (520 natural, 47 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 22 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 396 (136 male householders (90 living alone)), 139 female householders (99 living alone)), 121 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 73 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 281 2-persons, 137 3-persons, 98 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 189 1-person, 74 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
403 married couples with children.
110 single-parent households (37 men, 73 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |