Sherman township, Hardin County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Sherman township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Sherman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 703
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 84
- South: 49
- West: 26
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 324
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 24
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Sherman township with a mortgage: 129 (9 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 93
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Construction (12%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Paper (4%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Religious workers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sherman township:
- German (34.4%)
- Norwegian (33.4%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- English (5.2%)
- United States or American (3.9%)
- Italian (2.2%)
- Swedish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 318 (77%)
- Carpooled: 38 (9%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 50 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
91.6% of residents of Sherman township speak English at home.
6.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (23% speak English very well, 46% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 885- In family households: 782 (211 male householders, 26 female householders)
219 spouses, 282 children (259 natural, 5 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 9 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 103 (41 male householders (35 living alone)), 50 female householders (45 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 99 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 17 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 80 1-person, 11 2-persons,
191 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (11 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.8% |
| 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: 8
| Here: | 33.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |