Coldwater township, Butler County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Coldwater township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
74% of Coldwater 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, 74% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1248
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 74
- South: 14
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
18 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 647
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 16
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Coldwater township with a mortgage: 187 (6 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 250
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Food (13%)
- Construction (12%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Fuel dealers (5%)
- Health care (15%)
- Food (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (21%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Coldwater township:
- German (59.5%)
- English (8.8%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- Norwegian (3.9%)
- Danish (2.0%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (68%)
- United Kingdom (16%)
- Other Northern Europe (8%)
- Mexico (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 536 (81%)
- Carpooled: 39 (6%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 35 (5%)
- Worked at home: 47 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
18 people in nursing homes
95.6% of residents of Coldwater township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 47% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (48% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 43% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,380- In family households: 1,123 (347 male householders, 60 female householders)
376 spouses, 328 children (301 natural, 2 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 257 (78 male householders (59 living alone)), 157 female householders (157 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 19 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 240 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 68 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 216 1-person, 19 2-persons,
238 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (7 men, 32 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.4% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |