Stanton township, Plymouth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 27 (31% naturalized citizens)
| Stanton township: | 27.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Stanton 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, 53% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3646
- Northeast: 74
- Midwest: 420
- South: 772
- West: 509
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $41,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,773
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 92
- 3 or 4: 96
- 5 to 9: 25
- 10 to 19: 24
- 20 to 49: 62
- 50 or more: 9
- Mobile homes: 277
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,300
Housing units in Stanton township with a mortgage: 789 (30 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 419
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Stanton township:
- United States or American (29.5%)
- Irish (14.6%)
- German (11.4%)
- English (11.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- Norwegian (1.9%)
- Polish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (22%)
- Jamaica (20%)
- France (18%)
- Laos (12%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (11%)
- Germany (7%)
- Malaysia (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,768 (78%)
- Carpooled: 370 (16%)
- Motorcycle: 23 (1%)
- Walked: 48 (2%)
- Other means: 24 (1%)
- Worked at home: 40 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Electricity (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.0% of residents of Stanton township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 43% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,331- In family households: 4,534 (1,195 male householders, 335 female householders)
1,198 spouses, 1,534 children (1,308 natural, 43 adopted, 183 stepchildren), 96 grandchildren, 55 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 33 other relatives, 53 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 797 (221 male householders (175 living alone)), 480 female householders (437 living alone)), 96 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 199 (140 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 708 2-persons, 362 3-persons, 284 4-persons, 104 5-persons, 54 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 612 1-person, 82 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
124 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (4 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 1.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |