Sharon township, Johnson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Sharon township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
78% of Sharon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 0% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1235
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 108
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 326
- One, attached: 41
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Sharon township with a mortgage: 55 (6 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 69
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (33%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Private households (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Construction (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (12%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (17%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sharon township:
- German (54.8%)
- Swiss (28.0%)
- Norwegian (3.1%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- United States or American (2.7%)
- English (2.1%)
- Welsh (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other South Eastern Asia (75%)
- Netherlands (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 292 (47%)
- Carpooled: 53 (9%)
- Walked: 69 (11%)
- Other means: 107 (17%)
- Worked at home: 94 (15%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (72%)
- Wood (16%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (2%)
46.3% of residents of Sharon township speak English at home.
53.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,395- In family households: 1,341 (275 male householders, 33 female householders)
270 spouses, 753 children (746 natural, 7 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 3 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 54 (23 male householders (23 living alone)), 31 female householders (31 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 81 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 57 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 54 1-person,
475 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (7 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 241
| Here: | 82.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
| Here: | 51.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 44.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |