Washington township, Jasper County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (30% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Washington 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, 76% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2531
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 248
- South: 49
- West: 103
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $97,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 921
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 50
- 3 or 4: 46
- 5 to 9: 65
- 10 to 19: 12
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 144
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,800
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 474 (37 second mortgage, 65 home equity loan, 20 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 235
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (16%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (21%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (24.4%)
- English (13.3%)
- United States or American (11.4%)
- Dutch (11.3%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.4%)
- Scottish (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (70%)
- Germany (30%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,104 (76%)
- Carpooled: 223 (15%)
- Walked: 42 (3%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 67 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (1%)
95.6% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,994- In family households: 2,636 (698 male householders, 138 female householders)
717 spouses, 1,008 children (941 natural, 24 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 13 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 358 (121 male householders (110 living alone)), 200 female householders (186 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 333 2-persons, 180 3-persons, 203 4-persons, 72 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 296 1-person, 19 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
616 married couples with children.
144 single-parent households (52 men, 92 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 2.8% |
| 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: 13
| Here: | 15.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |