Seneca township, Kossuth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Seneca township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
64% of Seneca township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 275
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 26
- South: 86
- West: 30
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 150
- One, attached: 2
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 34
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,500
Housing units in Seneca township with a mortgage: 41 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 43
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (59%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Gasoline stations (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (60%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (23%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (17%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Seneca township:
- United States or American (35.5%)
- German (8.0%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- English (6.8%)
- Dutch (4.4%)
- European (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 147 (84%)
- Carpooled: 14 (8%)
- Walked: 5 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 6 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Electricity (39%)
- Wood (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
96.9% of residents of Seneca township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 420- In family households: 383 (109 male householders, 27 female householders)
126 spouses, 106 children (90 natural, 6 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 1 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 37 (18 male householders (18 living alone)), 19 female householders (19 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 83 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 37 1-person,
57 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (0 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 6.3% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |