Vernon Springs township, Howard County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Vernon Springs township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Vernon Springs township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3579
- Northeast: 99
- Midwest: 719
- South: 107
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,100
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: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Vernon Springs township, Iowa:
- 110 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 32 people in other group homes
- 27 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in halfway houses
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,626
- One, attached: 42
- Two: 95
- 3 or 4: 106
- 5 to 9: 25
- 10 to 19: 30
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 96
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,800
Housing units in Vernon Springs township with a mortgage: 580 (77 second mortgage, 88 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 659
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vernon Springs township:
- German (37.7%)
- Norwegian (20.4%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- Czech (10.6%)
- English (5.5%)
- United States or American (2.9%)
- Italian (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (57%)
- United Kingdom (43%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,636 (75%)
- Carpooled: 356 (16%)
- Bicycle: 11 (1%)
- Walked: 112 (5%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 57 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Vernon Springs township, Iowa:
- 110 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 32 people in other group homes
- 27 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in halfway houses
96.1% of residents of Vernon Springs township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,354- In family households: 3,524 (982 male householders, 190 female householders)
1,010 spouses, 1,253 children (1,123 natural, 21 adopted, 109 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 0 other relatives, 55 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 830 (270 male householders (200 living alone)), 422 female householders (398 living alone)), 138 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 213 (117 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 575 2-persons, 208 3-persons, 264 4-persons, 89 5-persons, 36 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 598 1-person, 67 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
907 married couples with children.
238 single-parent households (65 men, 173 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 188
| Here: | 35.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 1.2% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 24
| Here: | 27.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |