Minerva township, Marshall County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Minerva township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
75% of Minerva 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, 79% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 439
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 13
- South: 4
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 186
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Minerva township with a mortgage: 49 (2 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 43
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Food (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (16%)
- Social assistance (13%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (22%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Child care workers (13%)
- Registered nurses (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Minerva township:
- German (46.8%)
- Norwegian (12.0%)
- United States or American (10.2%)
- Danish (7.9%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- English (4.8%)
- Swedish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 189 (76%)
- Carpooled: 29 (12%)
- Walked: 9 (4%)
- Worked at home: 22 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (2%)
98.2% of residents of Minerva township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 486- In family households: 438 (126 male householders, 15 female householders)
129 spouses, 153 children (144 natural, 9 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 48 (20 male householders (11 living alone)), 16 female householders (9 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 77 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 20 1-person, 13 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
109 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (11 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 18.3% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 12.9% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |