Soap Creek township, Davis County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 34.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 610 (all rural)
| Males: 320 |  (52.5%) |
| Females: 290 |  (47.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 610 (537 owner occupied, 73 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Soap Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.2%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 37.3
Median age of females: 37.6
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Average household size: 2.74
| Soap Creek township: | 2.7 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Soap Creek township: | $45,375 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $397 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $101,785 (it was $60,900 in 2000)
| : | $101,785 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 18 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 21.1% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Soap Creek township: Sherman Chapel (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Breeding Cemetery (1), Rime Cemetery (2), Harbour Cemetery (3), Kingdom Cemetery (4), Roland Cemetery (5), Rudd Cemetery (6), Sherman Chapel Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Bear Creek (A), Brush Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
79% of Soap Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 414
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 114
- South: 21
- West: 14
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 180
- Mobile homes: 36
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,000
Housing units in Soap Creek township with a mortgage: 29 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (8%)
- Utilities (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Wood products (19%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (8%)
- Woodworkers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Soap Creek township:
- English (29.4%)
- German (23.9%)
- United States or American (16.7%)
- Swiss (9.9%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.8%)
- Swedish (4.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 175 (64%)
- Carpooled: 29 (11%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 7 (3%)
- Walked: 23 (8%)
- Other means: 14 (5%)
- Worked at home: 26 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Wood (40%)
- Electricity (14%)
79.4% of residents of Soap Creek township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
19.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 570- In family households: 522 (134 male householders, 6 female householders)
118 spouses, 204 children (189 natural, 0 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 25 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 48 (25 male householders (23 living alone)), 21 female householders (21 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 62 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 44 1-person, 2 2-persons,
128 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (21 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 42
| Here: | 40.8% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |