Sherman township, Calhoun County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sherman township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Sherman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 363
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 56
- South: 9
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $182,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
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: 374
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Sherman township with a mortgage: 53 (8 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 90
- Educational services (22%)
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Fuel dealers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Health care (19%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (18%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sherman township:
- German (46.4%)
- English (18.8%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- Swedish (6.5%)
- Norwegian (5.7%)
- Danish (4.7%)
- European (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 184 (82%)
- Carpooled: 14 (6%)
- Walked: 15 (7%)
- Worked at home: 12 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
99.3% of residents of Sherman township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 450- In family households: 415 (133 male householders, 30 female householders)
153 spouses, 93 children (79 natural, 12 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 35 (21 male householders (18 living alone)), 11 female householders (11 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 117 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 1 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 29 1-person, 3 2-persons,
79 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (1 men, 11 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: 2
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |