Troy township, Monroe County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Troy township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Troy township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3942
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 458
- South: 93
- West: 76
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $53,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Troy township, Iowa:
- 146 people in nursing homes
- 16 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 16 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,594
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 118
- 3 or 4: 119
- 5 to 9: 73
- 10 to 19: 16
- 20 to 49: 48
- 50 or more: 10
- Mobile homes: 92
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,400
Housing units in Troy township with a mortgage: 499 (37 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 578
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Food (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Troy township:
- German (21.9%)
- Irish (20.1%)
- English (13.3%)
- United States or American (10.0%)
- Dutch (5.9%)
- Swedish (4.4%)
- Scottish (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- El Salvador (35%)
- Germany (32%)
- Russia (19%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,677 (81%)
- Carpooled: 227 (11%)
- Walked: 83 (4%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 60 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Troy township, Iowa:
- 146 people in nursing homes
- 16 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 16 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.3% of residents of Troy township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (37% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 29% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,466- In family households: 3,669 (1,006 male householders, 208 female householders)
942 spouses, 1,364 children (1,235 natural, 49 adopted, 80 stepchildren), 43 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 23 other relatives, 54 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 797 (235 male householders (178 living alone)), 438 female householders (416 living alone)), 124 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 175 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 573 2-persons, 235 3-persons, 226 4-persons, 127 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 594 1-person, 50 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 24 4-persons,
777 married couples with children.
284 single-parent households (64 men, 220 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 1.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |