Decatur township, Decatur County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Decatur township: | 3.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Decatur township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 760
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 37
- South: 75
- West: 38
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 226
- Mobile homes: 180
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,900
Housing units in Decatur township with a mortgage: 46 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59
- Food (19%)
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Construction (12%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Food (25%)
- Health care (12%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Private households (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (8%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Decatur township:
- United States or American (40.1%)
- Irish (24.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
- English (2.6%)
- French Canadian (2.4%)
- German (2.2%)
- Welsh (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ireland (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 236 (69%)
- Carpooled: 72 (21%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Utility gas (21%)
- Wood (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- No fuel used (3%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 946- In family households: 849 (209 male householders, 71 female householders)
221 spouses, 277 children (253 natural, 0 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 14 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 97 (39 male householders (39 living alone)), 58 female householders (58 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 114 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 68 4-persons, 18 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 97 1-person,
86 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (6 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |