Twin Lakes township, Calhoun County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Twin Lakes township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Twin Lakes township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1220
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 131
- South: 37
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
People in group quarters in Twin Lakes township, Iowa:
- 32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in other group homes
- 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 671
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 3
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 12
Housing units in Twin Lakes township with a mortgage: 201 (7 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 237
- Construction (17%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Health care (29%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Twin Lakes township:
- German (40.9%)
- United States or American (17.9%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- English (6.4%)
- Norwegian (4.3%)
- Swedish (3.9%)
- Danish (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 557 (78%)
- Carpooled: 61 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 39 (5%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 44 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (83%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (5%)
People in group quarters in Twin Lakes township, Iowa:
- 32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in other group homes
- 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
98.4% of residents of Twin Lakes township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,389- In family households: 1,212 (385 male householders, 45 female householders)
386 spouses, 364 children (304 natural, 28 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 3 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 177 (60 male householders (60 living alone)), 108 female householders (101 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 65 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 272 2-persons, 68 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 161 1-person, 7 2-persons,
266 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (22 men, 49 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 13.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |