Spring Creek township, Mahaska County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Spring Creek township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Spring Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1760
- Northeast: 78
- Midwest: 508
- South: 482
- West: 363
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
39 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,076
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 49
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 189
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,900
Housing units in Spring Creek township with a mortgage: 447 (25 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 182
- Construction (17%)
- Food (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spring Creek township:
- United States or American (35.3%)
- German (12.0%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- English (9.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (28%)
- Other Northern Europe (13%)
- Netherlands (8%)
- Panama (8%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- France (5%)
- Germany (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,275 (81%)
- Carpooled: 219 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 28 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 39 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Wood (8%)
- Other fuel (1%)
39 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
97.4% of residents of Spring Creek township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,263- In family households: 2,954 (762 male householders, 210 female householders)
775 spouses, 1,053 children (915 natural, 31 adopted, 107 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 29 other relatives, 68 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 309 (120 male householders (93 living alone)), 142 female householders (126 living alone)), 47 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 437 2-persons, 219 3-persons, 200 4-persons, 65 5-persons, 39 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 219 1-person, 37 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
375 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (14 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 1.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 1.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |