Clay township, Polk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Clay township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
49% of Clay township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9142
- Northeast: 72
- Midwest: 1149
- South: 397
- West: 249
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $69,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Clay township, Iowa:
- 90 people in nursing homes
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,829
- One, attached: 260
- Two: 105
- 3 or 4: 81
- 5 to 9: 98
- 10 to 19: 191
- 20 to 49: 543
- 50 or more: 85
- Mobile homes: 106
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,000
Housing units in Clay township with a mortgage: 2,312 (364 second mortgage, 246 home equity loan, 23 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 473
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Food (8%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Leather and allied products (5%)
- Paper (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clay township:
- German (29.9%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- United States or American (9.9%)
- English (9.5%)
- Dutch (5.1%)
- Norwegian (4.6%)
- Swedish (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (15%)
- Other Eastern Europe (14%)
- Costa Rica (14%)
- Korea (10%)
- Pakistan (7%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Vietnam (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,278 (84%)
- Carpooled: 655 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 66 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 19 (0%)
- Bicycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 38 (1%)
- Worked at home: 192 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Clay township, Iowa:
- 90 people in nursing homes
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other group homes
95.7% of residents of Clay township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (45% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (42% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,169- In family households: 9,943 (2,442 male householders, 753 female householders)
2,561 spouses, 3,877 children (3,622 natural, 100 adopted, 155 stepchildren), 73 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 43 parents, 32 other relatives, 128 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,226 (431 male householders (325 living alone)), 569 female householders (479 living alone)), 226 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 106 (80 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,247 2-persons, 761 3-persons, 831 4-persons, 278 5-persons, 58 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 804 1-person, 172 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 10 4-persons,
2,494 married couples with children.
804 single-parent households (118 men, 686 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 84
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 47
| Here: | 6.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 118
| Here: | 24.8% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |