Lu Verne township, Kossuth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Lu Verne township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
70% of Lu Verne township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 319
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 48
- South: 8
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 180
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Lu Verne township with a mortgage: 37 (1 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 63
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Construction (13%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (19%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lu Verne township:
- German (50.0%)
- Norwegian (9.9%)
- English (8.7%)
- United States or American (8.7%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- Danish (1.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 123 (70%)
- Carpooled: 19 (11%)
- Bicycle: 1 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (5%)
- Worked at home: 24 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (67%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Utility gas (4%)
97.5% of residents of Lu Verne township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 385- In family households: 310 (91 male householders, 17 female householders)
86 spouses, 99 children (95 natural, 3 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 75 (35 male householders (26 living alone)), 32 female householders (30 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 58 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 56 1-person, 11 2-persons,
75 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (2 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 29.4% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |