Washington township, Ringgold County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
76% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 344
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 44
- South: 7
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $10,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 189
- 3 or 4: 1
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 24
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,300
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 25 (5 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 54
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Construction (20%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Gasoline stations (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (29.7%)
- Irish (17.1%)
- United States or American (14.4%)
- English (13.7%)
- Czech (8.7%)
- Welsh (4.9%)
- Danish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 153 (75%)
- Carpooled: 28 (14%)
- Walked: 12 (6%)
- Worked at home: 12 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (71%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
94.6% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 417- In family households: 359 (116 male householders, 12 female householders)
112 spouses, 105 children (91 natural, 1 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 1 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 58 (16 male householders (16 living alone)), 41 female householders (37 living alone)), 1 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 70 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 25 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 53 1-person, 4 2-persons,
63 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (6 men, 10 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |