Sloan township, Woodbury County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Sloan township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
64% of Sloan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 906
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 149
- South: 29
- West: 50
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 404
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 39
- 5 to 9: 27
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,600
Housing units in Sloan township with a mortgage: 205 (10 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 104
- Construction (19%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Food (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (12%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sloan township:
- German (27.7%)
- Norwegian (12.9%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- English (9.0%)
- Swedish (7.2%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- Danish (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (47%)
- Mexico (20%)
- Korea (13%)
- India (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 458 (82%)
- Carpooled: 65 (12%)
- Walked: 14 (3%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 16 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
96.5% of residents of Sloan township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (26% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 52% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,164- In family households: 1,000 (252 male householders, 64 female householders)
270 spouses, 375 children (339 natural, 13 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 1 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 164 (52 male householders (48 living alone)), 108 female householders (108 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 132 2-persons, 67 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 156 1-person, 4 2-persons,
252 married couples with children.
58 single-parent households (11 men, 47 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: 7
| Here: | 19.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |