Washington township, Fremont County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 1.1% |
| 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, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 16% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 172
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 156
- South: 15
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $125,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 136
- One, attached: 2
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 2
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 30 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 43
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Food (21%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Social assistance (11%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (39.7%)
- English (21.8%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Norwegian (4.8%)
- Turkish (2.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Turkey (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 139 (85%)
- Carpooled: 13 (8%)
- Worked at home: 12 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
95.0% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 358- In family households: 332 (108 male householders, 6 female householders)
100 spouses, 109 children (100 natural, 2 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 26 (6 male householders (4 living alone)), 14 female householders (11 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 51 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 15 1-person, 3 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
71 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (8 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |