Sheridan township, Cherokee County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sheridan township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
77% of Sheridan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 667
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 81
- South: 11
- West: 45
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
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: 304
- One, attached: 3
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,700
Housing units in Sheridan township with a mortgage: 87 (1 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 117
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Construction (15%)
- Food (15%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Apparel (13%)
- Health care (13%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (21%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sheridan township:
- German (41.4%)
- United States or American (13.2%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Swedish (7.3%)
- English (6.7%)
- Danish (5.1%)
- Norwegian (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (54%)
- South Africa (23%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 313 (75%)
- Carpooled: 39 (9%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 24 (6%)
- Worked at home: 36 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Wood (1%)
98.6% of residents of Sheridan township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 822- In family households: 755 (229 male householders, 23 female householders)
237 spouses, 251 children (221 natural, 21 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 67 (20 male householders (18 living alone)), 44 female householders (44 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 130 2-persons, 46 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 62 1-person, 2 2-persons,
134 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (5 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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% |