Plum Creek township, Kossuth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 314 (all rural)
| Males: 159 |  (50.6%) |
| Females: 155 |  (49.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 314 (269 owner occupied, 45 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 14% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Plum Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.4%
- Asian: 0.6%
Median age of males: 39.0
Median age of females: 38.8
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Average household size: 2.66
| Plum Creek township: | 2.7 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.09
| Plum Creek township: | $52,198 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $397 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $93,006 (it was $57,200 in 2000)
| : | $93,006 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $120,364
Here: $120,364 State: $159,697
Townhouses or other attached units: $174,494
Here: $174,494 State: $193,868
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $152,951
Here: $152,951 State: $122,004
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $95,171
Here: $95,171 State: $118,952
Mobile homes: $27,158
Here: $27,158 State: $46,008
| Population density: 9 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 6.1% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Plum Creek Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lake: Oak Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Plum Creek township: Plum Creek Wildlife Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
65% of Plum Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 242
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 63
- South: 13
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 124
- 3 or 4: 4
Housing units in Plum Creek township with a mortgage: 52 (13 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19
- Construction (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Food (11%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Legal support workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plum Creek township:
- German (42.0%)
- Norwegian (17.9%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- English (6.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.1%)
- United States or American (4.7%)
- Scottish (4.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 126 (85%)
- Carpooled: 19 (13%)
- Worked at home: 4 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (73%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
98.3% of residents of Plum Creek township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 329- In family households: 305 (76 male householders, 14 female householders)
88 spouses, 122 children (108 natural, 0 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 24 (15 male householders (15 living alone)), 9 female householders (9 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 36 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 24 1-person,
87 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (0 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 58.3% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |