Viola township, Sac County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (43% naturalized citizens)
Viola township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
73% of Viola township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 477
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 53
- South: 3
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 279
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Viola township with a mortgage: 74 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 83
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Viola township:
- German (72.4%)
- United States or American (6.2%)
- Irish (5.4%)
- English (3.7%)
- Italian (3.4%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
- Scottish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (57%)
- Germany (43%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 229 (75%)
- Carpooled: 45 (15%)
- Walked: 16 (5%)
- Worked at home: 15 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (71%)
- Utility gas (12%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- No fuel used (2%)
96.9% of residents of Viola township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 549- In family households: 455 (113 male householders, 30 female householders)
121 spouses, 177 children (164 natural, 11 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 94 (50 male householders (42 living alone)), 33 female householders (30 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 62 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 72 1-person, 11 2-persons,
125 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (6 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
Here: | 1.9% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 10.8% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 20.8% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |