Willow township, Cherokee County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Willow township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Willow township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% 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: 716
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 71
- South: 14
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 347
- 3 or 4: 9
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,000
Housing units in Willow township with a mortgage: 97 (15 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 108
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Food (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Willow township:
- German (46.0%)
- United States or American (14.6%)
- English (7.5%)
- Swedish (7.2%)
- Norwegian (6.6%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 283 (76%)
- Carpooled: 47 (13%)
- Walked: 19 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 20 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (72%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
98.1% of residents of Willow township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 839- In family households: 670 (183 male householders, 26 female householders)
184 spouses, 245 children (224 natural, 7 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 169 (59 male householders (45 living alone)), 76 female householders (65 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 101 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person, 21 2-persons, 2 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
165 married couples with children.
51 single-parent households (22 men, 29 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 4.5% |
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: 1
Here: | 5.9% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |