Jenkins township, Mitchell County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Jenkins township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Jenkins township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 21% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 442
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 134
- South: 119
- West: 46
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $1,000,001
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
35 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 258
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 62
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Jenkins township with a mortgage: 48 (4 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 39
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (13%)
- Construction (12%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (14%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jenkins township:
- United States or American (33.2%)
- German (19.2%)
- English (10.4%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- Scottish (6.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (43%)
- Germany (29%)
- India (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 216 (67%)
- Carpooled: 61 (19%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 42 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Wood (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
35 people in nursing homes
99.1% of residents of Jenkins township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 758- In family households: 693 (202 male householders, 32 female householders)
185 spouses, 217 children (196 natural, 8 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 7 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 65 (32 male householders (27 living alone)), 27 female householders (27 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 110 2-persons, 56 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 54 1-person, 5 2-persons,
219 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (13 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 20.9% |
| 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% |