Superior township, Dickinson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Superior township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Superior township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 468
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 122
- South: 177
- West: 78
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 348
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 23
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 64
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,600
Housing units in Superior township with a mortgage: 46 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 99
- Construction (22%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Social assistance (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Superior township:
- United States or American (26.7%)
- English (16.7%)
- German (16.0%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Swedish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (67%)
- Venezuela (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 222 (71%)
- Carpooled: 66 (21%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 9 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 4 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (58%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Wood (15%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
99.1% of residents of Superior township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 868- In family households: 721 (195 male householders, 55 female householders)
184 spouses, 238 children (209 natural, 8 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 18 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 147 (57 male householders (54 living alone)), 77 female householders (68 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 142 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 122 1-person, 12 2-persons,
62 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (7 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 3.9% |
| 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: | 6.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |