Center township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Center township: | 5.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1056
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 54
- South: 133
- West: 89
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 306
- Mobile homes: 243
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,500
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 102 (11 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 80
- Construction (17%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- United States or American (30.1%)
- German (16.8%)
- Irish (15.2%)
- English (10.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.5%)
- Italian (2.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (58%)
- Germany (42%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 509 (82%)
- Carpooled: 99 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (37%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Wood (9%)
97.8% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,354- In family households: 1,243 (336 male householders, 52 female householders)
328 spouses, 475 children (396 natural, 18 adopted, 61 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 11 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 111 (54 male householders (38 living alone)), 40 female householders (35 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 168 2-persons, 86 3-persons, 81 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 18 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 73 1-person, 21 2-persons,
67 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (10 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 2.6% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 29.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |