Wacousta township, Humboldt County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Wacousta township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Wacousta township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 213
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 20
- South: 10
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 102
Housing units in Wacousta township with a mortgage: 10 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 23
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Machinery (16%)
- Construction (14%)
- Food (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Health care (16%)
- Food and beverage stores (13%)
- Food (9%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (30%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Financial managers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Accountants and auditors (7%)
- Personal appearance workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wacousta township:
- German (41.3%)
- Norwegian (25.5%)
- United States or American (9.2%)
- English (5.6%)
- Irish (4.1%)
- Danish (2.0%)
- European (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 62 (57%)
- Carpooled: 16 (15%)
- Walked: 9 (8%)
- Worked at home: 22 (20%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (70%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood (2%)
95.1% of residents of Wacousta township speak English at home.
4.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 264- In family households: 248 (57 male householders, 10 female householders)
61 spouses, 105 children (99 natural, 6 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 16 (10 male householders (8 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 24 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 12 1-person, 2 2-persons,
72 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (4 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |