Washington township, Dubuque County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 374
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 50
- South: 0
- West: 33
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 161
- Two: 10
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 45 (0 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (35%)
- Construction (18%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (11%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (11%)
- Secondary school teachers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Legal support workers (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (49.0%)
- Irish (19.3%)
- United States or American (17.6%)
- English (6.3%)
- Luxemburger (2.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
- Norwegian (0.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 143 (64%)
- Carpooled: 12 (5%)
- Walked: 6 (3%)
- Worked at home: 63 (28%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Wood (25%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Electricity (3%)
97.9% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 458- In family households: 390 (96 male householders, 18 female householders)
101 spouses, 167 children (167 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 0 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 68 (39 male householders (33 living alone)), 20 female householders (20 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 38 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 29 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 53 1-person, 3 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
111 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (6 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 9.0% |
| 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: 1
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |