Washington township, Washington County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6119
- Northeast: 82
- Midwest: 934
- South: 242
- West: 278
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Washington township, Iowa:
- 215 people in nursing homes
- 47 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 43 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 17 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,506
- One, attached: 24
- Two: 191
- 3 or 4: 189
- 5 to 9: 121
- 10 to 19: 64
- 20 to 49: 192
- 50 or more: 25
- Mobile homes: 102
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 1,232 (144 second mortgage, 133 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 691
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (33.0%)
- English (11.2%)
- United States or American (11.0%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- Scottish (3.3%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
- Norwegian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (59%)
- Guatemala (10%)
- Guyana (8%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Germany (6%)
- Greece (5%)
- Bangladesh (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,021 (77%)
- Carpooled: 453 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 26 (1%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 183 (5%)
- Other means: 30 (1%)
- Worked at home: 195 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
People in group quarters in Washington township, Iowa:
- 215 people in nursing homes
- 47 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 43 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 17 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
94.9% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,509- In family households: 6,354 (1,751 male householders, 392 female householders)
1,748 spouses, 2,203 children (2,031 natural, 32 adopted, 140 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 52 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 21 other relatives, 105 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,155 (358 male householders (299 living alone)), 672 female householders (635 living alone)), 125 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 334 (276 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,074 2-persons, 391 3-persons, 399 4-persons, 189 5-persons, 73 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 934 1-person, 79 2-persons, 17 3-persons,
1,406 married couples with children.
327 single-parent households (78 men, 249 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 54
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 64
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 54
| Here: | 26.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |