Sherman township, Pocahontas County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 180 (all rural)
| Males: 81 |  (45.0%) |
| Females: 99 |  (55.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 180 (117 owner occupied, 63 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 35% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Sherman township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.4%
Median age of males: 42.0
Median age of females: 38.5
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Average household size: 2.69
| Sherman township: | 2.7 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.91
| Sherman township: | $44,401 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $371 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $61,868 (it was $44,200 in 2000)
| : | $61,868 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 5 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
85% of Sherman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% lived in this county.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 144
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 4
- South: 0
- West: 10
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 73
Housing units in Sherman township with a mortgage: 15 (0 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Leather and allied products (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Gasoline stations (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers (9%)
- Construction laborers (8%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (18%)
- Other financial specialists (9%)
- Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sherman township:
- German (40.4%)
- Norwegian (14.0%)
- Dutch (8.8%)
- United States or American (8.8%)
- Czech (7.9%)
- English (5.3%)
- Irish (5.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 54 (62%)
- Carpooled: 4 (5%)
- Walked: 11 (13%)
- Worked at home: 18 (21%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (84%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (7%)
97.3% of residents of Sherman township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 158- In family households: 145 (58 male householders, 0 female householders)
54 spouses, 33 children (33 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 13 (9 male householders (5 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 38 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5 1-person, 4 2-persons,
43 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (3 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 100.0% |
| 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% |