Douglas township, Bremer County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Douglas township: | 6.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
72% of Douglas township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1697
- Northeast: 76
- Midwest: 31
- South: 135
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 620
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 4
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 149
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,300
Housing units in Douglas township with a mortgage: 278 (22 second mortgage, 56 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 163
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Construction (14%)
- Machinery (14%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (20%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (12%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Business operations specialists (9%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Douglas township:
- United States or American (46.6%)
- German (8.5%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- English (6.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.5%)
- French (except Basque) (5.3%)
- Czechoslovakian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (44%)
- Mexico (36%)
- Guatemala (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 759 (79%)
- Carpooled: 108 (11%)
- Walked: 32 (3%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 54 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Wood (1%)
98.3% of residents of Douglas township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,964- In family households: 1,813 (538 male householders, 54 female householders)
547 spouses, 564 children (477 natural, 27 adopted, 60 stepchildren), 59 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 13 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 151 (91 male householders (76 living alone)), 44 female householders (44 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 254 2-persons, 139 3-persons, 121 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 120 1-person, 15 2-persons,
102 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (3 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
| Here: | 9.2% |
| 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% |