Cass township, Shelby County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 516 (all rural)
| Males: 260 |  (50.4%) |
| Females: 256 |  (49.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 516 (440 owner occupied, 76 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Cass township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
- Some other race: 0.4%
Median age of males: 38.6
Median age of females: 38.3
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Average household size: 2.62
| Cass township: | 2.6 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.12
| Cass township: | $49,146 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $430 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $106,890 (it was $77,000 in 2000)
| : | $106,890 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 14 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 23.4% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 5.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Portsmouth.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Cass Township Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
54% of Cass township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 261
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 95
- South: 27
- West: 30
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 142
- Mobile homes: 64
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,300
Housing units in Cass township with a mortgage: 10 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15
- Construction (32%)
- Transportation equipment (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (24%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (14%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Construction (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Construction laborers (18%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other financial specialists (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (28%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (13%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cass township:
- United States or American (19.8%)
- English (19.0%)
- Irish (14.7%)
- German (7.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.0%)
- Swedish (4.8%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 119 (55%)
- Carpooled: 63 (29%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (3%)
- Walked: 10 (5%)
- Worked at home: 17 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Wood (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Electricity (11%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 419- In family households: 352 (101 male householders, 13 female householders)
113 spouses, 106 children (106 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 9 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 67 (28 male householders (28 living alone)), 39 female householders (39 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 63 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 11 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 67 1-person,
126 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (5 men, 8 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: 6
| Here: | 21.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |