Springfield township, Winneshiek County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 756 (30% naturalized citizens)
| Springfield township: | 756.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
30% of Springfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 24% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13782
- Northeast: 8230
- Midwest: 4102
- South: 7012
- West: 1546
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $221,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11,248
- One, attached: 544
- Two: 123
- 3 or 4: 201
- 5 to 9: 813
- 10 to 19: 888
- 20 to 49: 317
- 50 or more: 131
- Mobile homes: 642
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,800
Housing units in Springfield township with a mortgage: 9,174 (714 second mortgage, 1,655 home equity loan, 31 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 746
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Springfield township:
- German (13.2%)
- English (11.6%)
- United States or American (10.8%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- Italian (7.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- Polish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (16%)
- Mexico (9%)
- Canada (8%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Korea (6%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
- Germany (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 17,406 (86%)
- Carpooled: 1,571 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 42 (0%)
- Railroad: 12 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 27 (0%)
- Walked: 120 (1%)
- Other means: 162 (1%)
- Worked at home: 884 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
88.4% of residents of Springfield township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
4.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 38,707- In family households: 34,864 (8,807 male householders, 1,980 female householders)
9,778 spouses, 13,197 children (12,540 natural, 311 adopted, 346 stepchildren), 155 grandchildren, 136 brothers or sisters, 228 parents, 291 other relatives, 292 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,843 (1,522 male householders (1,184 living alone)), 1,583 female householders (1,245 living alone)), 738 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 121 (67 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,775 2-persons, 2,567 3-persons, 3,061 4-persons, 1,114 5-persons, 226 6-persons, 44 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,429 1-person, 606 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 10 4-persons,
129 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (3 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 378
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 115
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 247
| Here: | 22.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |