Salt Creek township, Tama County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Salt Creek township: | 4.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Salt Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 485
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 22
- South: 8
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $10,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 192
- 20 to 49: 3
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Salt Creek township with a mortgage: 65 (0 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 44
- Rail transportation (13%)
- Utilities (13%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (25%)
- Health care (13%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Top executives (16%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Customer service representatives (13%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (13%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Life and physical scientists (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (16%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (12%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (9%)
- Printing workers (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salt Creek township:
- Czech (30.5%)
- German (22.1%)
- United States or American (10.7%)
- Danish (6.0%)
- Dutch (3.7%)
- Swedish (3.2%)
- Norwegian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (57%)
- Ecuador (26%)
- Romania (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 225 (82%)
- Carpooled: 31 (11%)
- Walked: 11 (4%)
- Worked at home: 7 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Utility gas (36%)
- Wood (11%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
90.5% of residents of Salt Creek township speak English at home.
7.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (34% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 58% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 544- In family households: 486 (125 male householders, 14 female householders)
124 spouses, 202 children (185 natural, 6 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 58 (29 male householders (24 living alone)), 21 female householders (18 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 53 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 26 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 20 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 42 1-person, 8 2-persons,
131 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (25 men, 12 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% |