Crescent township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa (IA)

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Land area: 29.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.7 sq. mi.
Population: 1,177 (all rural)

Males: 596	(50.6%)
Females: 581	(49.4%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 1,177 (1,058 owner occupied, 119 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	10%
State:	28%

Races in Crescent township:

White Non-Hispanic: 98.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
Asian: 0.1%
Two or more races: 0.3%

Median age of males: 40.1
Median age of females: 40.7

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Average household size: 2.74

Crescent township:	2.7 people
Iowa:	2.5 people

Average family size: 3.10

Estimated median household income in 2008: $75,092 ($60,511 in 1999)

This township:	$75,092
Iowa:	$48,980

Median contract rent in 2008 for apartments: $430 (lower quartile is $238, upper quartile is $763)

Here:	$430
State:	$478

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $205,140 (it was $133,700 in 2000)

Crescent township:	$205,140
Iowa:	$120,700

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $146,910 - $304,488

Mean price in 2008:

Detached houses: $225,436
Here: $225,436
State: $151,372

In 2-unit structures: $125,937
Here: $125,937
State: $108,475

Mobile homes: $40,909
Here: $40,909
State: $29,315

Population density: 39 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	1.3%
Whole state:	9.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	1.1%
Whole state:	3.8%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Church in Crescent township: New Home Church.

Cemeteries: Cantwell Cemetery, Moark Cemetery.

Lakes: Taylor Lake, Little Taylor Lake, Lost Lake.

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Winding Slough.

Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)

Crescent township:	0.2%
State:	3.1%

70% of Crescent township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Iowa.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 659
Northeast: 10
Midwest: 366
South: 24
West: 49

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $125,000

Crescent township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 415
Two: 5
Mobile homes: 21

Median worth of mobile homes: $14,600

Housing units in Crescent township with a mortgage: 184 (21 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 83

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 6
1995 to 1998: 38
1990 to 1994: 33
1980 to 1989: 70
1970 to 1979: 101
1960 to 1969: 56
1950 to 1959: 33
1940 to 1949: 24
1939 or earlier: 80

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Crescent township, Iowa:
	1 room: 2 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 0 4 rooms: 31 5 rooms: 71 6 rooms: 113 7 rooms: 55 8 rooms: 55 9 or more rooms: 47

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Crescent township, Iowa:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 3 3 rooms: 2 4 rooms: 9 5 rooms: 12 6 rooms: 12 7 rooms: 3 8 rooms: 3 9 or more rooms: 11

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Crescent township:
	no bedroom: 2 1 bedroom: 1 2 bedrooms: 73 3 bedrooms: 222 4 bedrooms: 62 5 or more bedrooms: 14

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Crescent township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 7 2 bedrooms: 24 3 bedrooms: 19 4 bedrooms: 5 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Crescent township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 10 1 vehicle: 44 2 vehicles: 194 3 vehicles: 78 4 vehicles: 29 5 or more vehicles: 19

Cars and other vehicles available in Crescent township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2 1 vehicle: 15 2 vehicles: 32 3 vehicles: 4 4 vehicles: 2 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (12%)
Rail transportation (7%)
Truck transportation (5%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)
Public administration (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Finance and insurance (14%)
Health care (12%)
Educational services (10%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
Social assistance (6%)
Public administration (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Computer specialists (6%)
Engineers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Child care workers (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Registered nurses (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Crescent township:

German (42.6%)
English (13.9%)
Irish (9.7%)
Danish (6.8%)
United States or American (6.1%)
Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
Swedish (2.8%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Romania (100%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 578 (84%)
Carpooled: 52 (8%)
Walked: 33 (5%)
Worked at home: 25 (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (62%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%) Electricity (5%) Wood (5%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

96.9% of residents of Crescent township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 1,116

In family households: 1,014 (269 male householders, 69 female householders)
301 spouses, 323 children (309 natural, 5 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 9 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 102 (40 male householders (22 living alone)), 37 female householders (34 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 167 2-persons, 72 3-persons, 64 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 56 1-person, 19 2-persons, 2 3-persons.

243 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (5 men, 18 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32

Here:	25.8%
Iowa:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4

Here:	6.7%
Iowa:	7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9

Here:	17.3%
Iowa:	25.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Crescent township:

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