West Fork township, Franklin County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
| West Fork township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
79% of West Fork township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 86% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 133
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 11
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 66
Housing units in West Fork township with a mortgage: 7 (0 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (33%)
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Health care (35%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (29%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (19%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Fork township:
- German (66.0%)
- Norwegian (17.0%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- Canadian (3.2%)
- Czech (2.1%)
- United States or American (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 62 (66%)
- Carpooled: 9 (10%)
- Worked at home: 23 (24%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (85%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (3%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 151- In family households: 136 (44 male householders, 0 female householders)
41 spouses, 48 children (42 natural, 2 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 15 (13 male householders (13 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 20 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 15 1-person,
39 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (1 men, 0 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% |