Des Moines township, Jasper County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Des Moines township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Des Moines township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 13% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 216
- Northeast: 40
- Midwest: 185
- South: 96
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 245
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 44
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,200
Housing units in Des Moines township with a mortgage: 85 (7 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Des Moines township:
- Irish (40.6%)
- German (22.7%)
- United States or American (8.8%)
- French (except Basque) (6.8%)
- English (4.9%)
- Welsh (4.9%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 189 (74%)
- Carpooled: 47 (19%)
- Other means: 11 (4%)
- Worked at home: 7 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Electricity (47%)
- Wood (6%)
97.3% of residents of Des Moines township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 586- In family households: 565 (200 male householders, 8 female householders)
199 spouses, 137 children (79 natural, 0 adopted, 58 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 21 (15 male householders (15 living alone)), 6 female householders (6 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 129 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 29 4-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 21 1-person,
417 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (22 men, 30 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% |