Jasper township, Adams County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Jasper township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Jasper township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1483
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 200
- South: 132
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
43 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 503
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 38
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 7
- 20 to 49: 8
- Mobile homes: 240
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Jasper township with a mortgage: 116 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 186
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Repair and maintenance (22%)
- Truck transportation (12%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Social assistance (13%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (28%)
- Farmers and farm managers (22%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (16%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (15%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (15%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jasper township:
- United States or American (41.7%)
- Irish (17.5%)
- English (7.6%)
- German (5.7%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Scottish (1.0%)
- Dutch (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (50%)
- Mexico (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 560 (73%)
- Carpooled: 149 (19%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 26 (3%)
- Other means: 17 (2%)
- Worked at home: 13 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
43 people in homes for the mentally ill
98.5% of residents of Jasper township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,884- In family households: 1,618 (399 male householders, 101 female householders)
404 spouses, 583 children (512 natural, 11 adopted, 60 stepchildren), 67 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 25 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 266 (107 male householders (90 living alone)), 114 female householders (98 living alone)), 45 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 208 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 130 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 188 1-person, 28 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
73 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (2 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 6.2% |
| 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: 13
| Here: | 26.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |