St. Marys township, Mills County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4,077 (24% naturalized citizens)
| St. Marys township: | 4077.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
49% of St. Marys 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, 41% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 41552
- Northeast: 1176
- Midwest: 5728
- South: 12765
- West: 5063
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $54,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 21,153
- One, attached: 981
- Two: 1,996
- 3 or 4: 1,713
- 5 to 9: 1,364
- 10 to 19: 1,808
- 20 to 49: 1,093
- 50 or more: 2,080
- Mobile homes: 484
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,100
Housing units in St. Marys township with a mortgage: 9,525 (853 second mortgage, 537 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,695
- Food (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in St. Marys township:
- United States or American (16.8%)
- German (11.2%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- English (8.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
- Italian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (47%)
- Vietnam (17%)
- Laos (11%)
- El Salvador (11%)
- Thailand (2%)
- Germany (1%)
- Canada (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 25,615 (79%)
- Carpooled: 5,125 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 118 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 12 (0%)
- Taxi: 239 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 81 (0%)
- Bicycle: 111 (0%)
- Walked: 520 (2%)
- Other means: 209 (1%)
- Worked at home: 597 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
87.4% of residents of St. Marys township speak English at home.
7.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
3.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 71,914- In family households: 59,115 (13,731 male householders, 5,193 female householders)
13,824 spouses, 21,129 children (19,061 natural, 589 adopted, 1,479 stepchildren), 1,426 grandchildren, 669 brothers or sisters, 475 parents, 1,266 other relatives, 1,402 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 12,799 (4,961 male householders (3,925 living alone)), 6,008 female householders (5,457 living alone)), 1,830 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,992 (1,637 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 8,236 2-persons, 4,463 3-persons, 3,510 4-persons, 1,579 5-persons, 697 6-persons, 439 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 9,382 1-person, 1,390 2-persons, 148 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
37 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (2 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 959
| Here: | 11.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 286
| Here: | 7.2% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 186
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |