Webster township, Polk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Webster township: | 4.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
50% of Webster township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 29538
- Northeast: 765
- Midwest: 6469
- South: 1420
- West: 1111
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $156,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Webster township, Iowa:
- 403 people in nursing homes
- 68 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 40 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 10,932
- One, attached: 1,371
- Two: 319
- 3 or 4: 324
- 5 to 9: 575
- 10 to 19: 657
- 20 to 49: 1,615
- 50 or more: 423
- Mobile homes: 400
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,700
Housing units in Webster township with a mortgage: 9,012 (855 second mortgage, 1,234 home equity loan, 71 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,246
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (19%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Webster township:
- German (33.7%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- English (9.6%)
- Norwegian (5.5%)
- United States or American (5.3%)
- Swedish (3.8%)
- Dutch (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (21%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (11%)
- Canada (7%)
- Laos (6%)
- Russia (6%)
- Vietnam (5%)
- Korea (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 20,155 (87%)
- Carpooled: 1,823 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 165 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 19 (0%)
- Walked: 207 (1%)
- Other means: 37 (0%)
- Worked at home: 840 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Webster township, Iowa:
- 403 people in nursing homes
- 68 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 40 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.2% of residents of Webster township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (49% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (29% speak English very well, 52% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 40,787- In family households: 35,266 (9,460 male householders, 2,138 female householders)
9,733 spouses, 12,854 children (12,178 natural, 269 adopted, 407 stepchildren), 183 grandchildren, 109 brothers or sisters, 149 parents, 206 other relatives, 434 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,521 (1,476 male householders (1,122 living alone)), 3,017 female householders (2,530 living alone)), 1,028 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 512 (459 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,951 2-persons, 2,529 3-persons, 2,839 4-persons, 1,052 5-persons, 178 6-persons, 49 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,652 1-person, 731 2-persons, 102 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
9,404 married couples with children.
1,662 single-parent households (374 men, 1,288 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 540
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 217
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 449
| Here: | 27.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |