Jackson township, Benton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
64% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 533
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 80
- South: 91
- West: 39
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 206
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 78
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,200
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 78 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 55
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- United States or American (43.1%)
- English (18.5%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- German (8.5%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
- Scottish (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 261 (80%)
- Carpooled: 49 (15%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 12 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Wood (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.0% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 767- In family households: 703 (188 male householders, 48 female householders)
178 spouses, 235 children (204 natural, 12 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 14 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 64 (23 male householders (18 living alone)), 36 female householders (34 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 95 2-persons, 58 3-persons, 55 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 52 1-person, 7 2-persons,
158 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (9 men, 28 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: 7
| Here: | 58.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |