Tarkio township, Page County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Tarkio township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Tarkio township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 173
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 70
- South: 3
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 102
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Tarkio township with a mortgage: 29 (0 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (32%)
- Transportation equipment (23%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Construction (3%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores (10%)
- Health care (10%)
- Printing and related support activities (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (32%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (23%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (17%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (12%)
- Waiters and waitresses (10%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tarkio township:
- German (26.9%)
- United States or American (15.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (12.5%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- Swedish (8.2%)
- Scottish (4.8%)
- English (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Cuba (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 79 (67%)
- Carpooled: 26 (22%)
- Worked at home: 13 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (86%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Electricity (2%)
97.7% of residents of Tarkio township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 259- In family households: 206 (61 male householders, 15 female householders)
66 spouses, 56 children (56 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 53 (10 male householders (8 living alone)), 34 female householders (30 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 48 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 38 1-person, 4 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
43 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (6 men, 2 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% |