Whittemore township, Kossuth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Whittemore township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Whittemore township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 638
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 91
- South: 7
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 318
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Whittemore township with a mortgage: 114 (1 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 123
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Food (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Whittemore township:
- German (53.7%)
- United States or American (9.7%)
- Norwegian (7.6%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- Italian (4.8%)
- English (3.2%)
- Swiss (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 267 (76%)
- Carpooled: 44 (13%)
- Bicycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 21 (6%)
- Worked at home: 18 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
92.1% of residents of Whittemore township speak English at home.
4.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 754- In family households: 628 (171 male householders, 35 female householders)
160 spouses, 244 children (227 natural, 9 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 126 (50 male householders (46 living alone)), 64 female householders (59 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 95 2-persons, 46 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 105 1-person, 5 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
188 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (5 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 19.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 19.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 18.8% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |