Adel township, Dallas County, Iowa (IA)

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Adel township, IA map Land area: 36.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 5,664 (52% urban, 48% rural)

Males: 2,750	(48.6%)
Females: 2,914	(51.4%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 5,444 (4,343 owner occupied, 1,101 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	20%
State:	28%

Races in Adel township:

White Non-Hispanic: 97.7%
Black: 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
Asian: 0.3%
Two or more races: 0.6%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 37.6
Median age of females: 39.4

Average houshold size: 2.54
Average family size: 3.09

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Population density: 156 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	11.1%
Whole state:	9.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	1.0%
Whole state:	3.8%

Cities in this township include: Adel, Dallas Center.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Notable location: Dallas County Care Facility.

Church in Adel township: Speak the Word Church.

Cemeteries: Miller Cemetery, Merical Cemetery, King Cemetery, Kinnick Cemetery, Masonic Cemetery, Gibson Cemetery, Dallas County Farm Cemetery.

Creek: Hickory Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 29 (76% naturalized citizens)

Adel township:	0.5%
State:	3.1%

55% of Adel township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% 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: 206
Northeast: 0
Midwest: 20
South: 36
West: 6

Adel township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

198 people in nursing homes
22 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 80
Mobile homes: 42

Median worth of mobile homes: $30,800

Housing units in Adel township with a mortgage: 25 (0 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 18

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 23
1995 to 1998: 15
1990 to 1994: 18
1980 to 1989: 9
1970 to 1979: 12
1960 to 1969: 27
1950 to 1959: 0
1940 to 1949: 13
1939 or earlier: 5

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Adel township, Iowa:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 0
4 rooms: 14
5 rooms: 24
6 rooms: 26
7 rooms: 5
8 rooms: 13
9 or more rooms: 10

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Adel township, Iowa:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 3
4 rooms: 5
5 rooms: 7
6 rooms: 6
7 rooms: 0
8 rooms: 0
9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Adel township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 0
2 bedrooms: 20
3 bedrooms: 55
4 bedrooms: 13
5 or more bedrooms: 4

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Adel township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 3
2 bedrooms: 5
3 bedrooms: 13
4 bedrooms: 0
5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Adel township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 6
1 vehicle: 30
2 vehicles: 35
3 vehicles: 18
4 vehicles: 3
5 or more vehicles: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Adel township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 0
1 vehicle: 9
2 vehicles: 7
3 vehicles: 5
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Plastics and rubber products (18%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (14%)
Construction (11%)
Gasoline stations (11%)
Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers (10%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (10%)
Personal and laundry services (8%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (22%)
U. S. Postal service (13%)
Construction (12%)
Food (12%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (10%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Truck transportation (8%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (18%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (14%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (10%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
Personal appearance workers (8%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)

Most common occupations for females

Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (20%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (17%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
Operations specialties managers except financial managers (12%)
Food processing workers (12%)
Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (10%)
Registered nurses (10%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Adel township:

United States or American (48.4%)
Irish (18.1%)
German (10.9%)
English (9.0%)
French (except Basque) (4.5%)
Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
Greek (2.3%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (100%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 113 (86%)
Carpooled: 19 (14%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Electricity (38%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
Utility gas (18%)
Wood (16%)

198 people in nursing homes
22 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

85.5% of residents of Adel township speak English at home.
10.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (24% speak English very well, 52% speak English well, 24% don't speak English at all).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 297

In family households: 279 (82 male householders, 18 female householders)
85 spouses, 89 children (84 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 18 (9 male householders (0 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 50 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 7 5-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9 2-persons.

1,216 married couples with children.
295 single-parent households (66 men, 229 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): 5

Here:	20.0%
Iowa:	7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0

Here:	0.0%
Iowa:	25.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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