Sheridan township, Sioux County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Sheridan township: | 10.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Sheridan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4728
- Northeast: 300
- Midwest: 301
- South: 1294
- West: 112
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,299
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 39
- 3 or 4: 65
- 5 to 9: 39
- 10 to 19: 23
- 20 to 49: 8
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 1,011
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,300
Housing units in Sheridan township with a mortgage: 685 (59 second mortgage, 64 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 745
- Machinery (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Food (9%)
- Construction (5%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Food (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sheridan township:
- United States or American (41.0%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- English (8.7%)
- German (6.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.7%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
- Italian (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (27%)
- Mexico (13%)
- Guyana (13%)
- Thailand (13%)
- Germany (12%)
- Other Northern Europe (8%)
- India (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,292 (77%)
- Carpooled: 586 (20%)
- Ferryboat: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 46 (2%)
- Other means: 21 (1%)
- Worked at home: 32 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Wood (10%)
11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.6% of residents of Sheridan township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (10% speak English very well, 67% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,784- In family households: 5,821 (1,680 male householders, 404 female householders)
1,777 spouses, 1,655 children (1,524 natural, 38 adopted, 93 stepchildren), 142 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 34 parents, 59 other relatives, 65 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 963 (386 male householders (354 living alone)), 491 female householders (449 living alone)), 86 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 100 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,080 2-persons, 511 3-persons, 355 4-persons, 111 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 803 1-person, 68 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 1 5-persons,
280 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (8 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 29
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |