Knox township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Knox township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
64% of Knox township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1294
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 394
- South: 47
- West: 69
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $35,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
42 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 697
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 25
- 10 to 19: 15
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in Knox township with a mortgage: 257 (8 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 252
- Construction (13%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Knox township:
- German (46.2%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- Danish (9.7%)
- United States or American (7.0%)
- English (6.1%)
- Norwegian (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (33%)
- Germany (33%)
- Philippines (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 744 (80%)
- Carpooled: 118 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 29 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 34 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
42 people in nursing homes
97.7% of residents of Knox township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,806- In family households: 1,567 (461 male householders, 76 female householders)
465 spouses, 505 children (471 natural, 13 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 10 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 239 (89 male householders (74 living alone)), 126 female householders (115 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 50 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 271 2-persons, 115 3-persons, 88 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 189 1-person, 26 2-persons,
343 married couples with children.
80 single-parent households (31 men, 49 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: 8
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |