Palo Alto township, Jasper County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (89% naturalized citizens)
| Palo Alto township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Palo Alto township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2651
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 1394
- South: 221
- West: 81
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
987 people in state prisons
46 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,753
- One, attached: 33
- Two: 36
- 3 or 4: 83
- 5 to 9: 22
- 10 to 19: 37
- 20 to 49: 34
- Mobile homes: 115
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,400
Housing units in Palo Alto township with a mortgage: 554 (31 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 636
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (27%)
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (14%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Palo Alto township:
- United States or American (36.5%)
- English (16.0%)
- Irish (13.6%)
- German (8.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Norwegian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (26%)
- India (26%)
- Korea (21%)
- Philippines (16%)
- Hong Kong (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,538 (83%)
- Carpooled: 220 (12%)
- Walked: 35 (2%)
- Other means: 20 (1%)
- Worked at home: 42 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (1%)
987 people in state prisons
46 people in nursing homes
97.8% of residents of Palo Alto township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 29% 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: 4,292- In family households: 3,534 (1,021 male householders, 214 female householders)
1,089 spouses, 1,095 children (955 natural, 22 adopted, 118 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 23 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 758 (214 male householders (167 living alone)), 458 female householders (430 living alone)), 86 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 105 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 654 2-persons, 269 3-persons, 212 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 597 1-person, 59 2-persons, 16 3-persons,
257 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (10 men, 26 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |