Troy township, Iowa County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (69% naturalized citizens)
| Troy township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Troy 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, 79% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2562
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 280
- South: 70
- West: 78
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
38 people in nursing homes
25 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 912
- One, attached: 20
- Two: 43
- 3 or 4: 118
- 5 to 9: 26
- 10 to 19: 61
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 58
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,900
Housing units in Troy township with a mortgage: 415 (10 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 329
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Troy township:
- German (53.7%)
- Irish (12.2%)
- United States or American (9.1%)
- English (4.3%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- Norwegian (2.9%)
- Welsh (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (63%)
- Ecuador (19%)
- Canada (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,146 (73%)
- Carpooled: 288 (18%)
- Walked: 56 (4%)
- Worked at home: 83 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
38 people in nursing homes
25 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.3% of residents of Troy township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,945- In family households: 2,488 (673 male householders, 129 female householders)
711 spouses, 955 children (848 natural, 10 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 457 (108 male householders (85 living alone)), 293 female householders (265 living alone)), 56 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 64 (41 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 338 2-persons, 155 3-persons, 170 4-persons, 104 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 350 1-person, 51 2-persons,
706 married couples with children.
147 single-parent households (24 men, 123 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 46
| Here: | 12.3% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 2.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 33.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |