Wheeler township, Lyon County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (14% naturalized citizens)
Wheeler township: | 1.9% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
71% of Wheeler township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 901
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 229
- South: 21
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $31,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 533
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 17
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Wheeler township with a mortgage: 132 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 215
- Machinery (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Apparel (10%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wheeler township:
- German (60.8%)
- Dutch (18.2%)
- Norwegian (5.2%)
- Irish (3.4%)
- United States or American (2.7%)
- English (1.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (59%)
- Guatemala (18%)
- Germany (14%)
- Philippines (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 402 (68%)
- Carpooled: 101 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 43 (7%)
- Worked at home: 35 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
93.3% of residents of Wheeler township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (26% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 30% don't speak English at all).
4.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,204- In family households: 1,034 (312 male householders, 38 female householders)
310 spouses, 331 children (305 natural, 11 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 3 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 170 (50 male householders (48 living alone)), 118 female householders (118 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 185 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 166 1-person, 2 2-persons,
228 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (4 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Here: | 12.0% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 8.0% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
Here: | 33.3% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |