Concordia township, Des Moines County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Concordia township: | 5.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Concordia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1612
- Northeast: 39
- Midwest: 401
- South: 527
- West: 306
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $146,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
25 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 991
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 13
- Mobile homes: 219
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,000
Housing units in Concordia township with a mortgage: 400 (24 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 182
- Machinery (18%)
- Construction (15%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (18%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- U. S. Postal service (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Art and design workers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Cashiers (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Concordia township:
- United States or American (23.1%)
- German (20.8%)
- Irish (15.2%)
- English (8.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Italian (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (36%)
- Philippines (20%)
- Mexico (18%)
- Ukraine (9%)
- Taiwan (7%)
- Vietnam (7%)
- Other Eastern Europe (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,273 (86%)
- Carpooled: 119 (8%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 23 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (52%)
- Utility gas (30%)
- Wood (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
25 people in unknown juvenile institutions
96.5% of residents of Concordia township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,948- In family households: 2,591 (712 male householders, 132 female householders)
694 spouses, 826 children (669 natural, 25 adopted, 132 stepchildren), 106 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 34 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 357 (166 male householders (134 living alone)), 123 female householders (101 living alone)), 68 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 360 2-persons, 228 3-persons, 158 4-persons, 72 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 235 1-person, 44 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 3 5-persons,
130 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (6 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 5.4% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |