Silver Lake township, Dickinson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Silver Lake township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Silver Lake 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, 70% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 850
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 235
- South: 13
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
45 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 516
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 9
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Silver Lake township with a mortgage: 179 (7 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 170
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (39%)
- Wood products (19%)
- Construction (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (16%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Silver Lake township:
- German (52.8%)
- Dutch (7.0%)
- English (6.8%)
- Norwegian (6.5%)
- Irish (5.6%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- Danish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (40%)
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Germany (25%)
- Ireland (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 469 (85%)
- Carpooled: 39 (7%)
- Walked: 21 (4%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 19 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
45 people in nursing homes
97.9% of residents of Silver Lake township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (22% speak English very well, 78% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,112- In family households: 942 (290 male householders, 43 female householders)
295 spouses, 295 children (266 natural, 4 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 4 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 170 (72 male householders (60 living alone)), 83 female householders (81 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 45 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 185 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 141 1-person, 12 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
198 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (6 men, 33 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: 17
| Here: | 36.2% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |