Sweetland township, Muscatine County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 39.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.7 sq. mi.
Population: 3,077 (35% urban, 65% rural)
| Males: 1,573 |  (51.1%) |
| Females: 1,504 |  (48.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 3,075 (2,736 owner occupied, 339 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 11% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Sweetland township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 91.9%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
- Some other race: 0.2%
Median age of males: 33.9
Median age of females: 34.2
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Average household size: 2.70
| Sweetland township: | 2.7 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.05
| Sweetland township: | $52,697 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $555 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $127,002 (it was $82,200 in 2000)
| : | $127,002 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 78 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 18.0% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Sweetland township: Fairport (A), Fairport State Fish Hatchery (B), Hershey Chute Post Light (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Sweetland township include: Sweetland United Methodist Church (A), Ziegler Memorial Lutheran Church (B), New Era Ziegler Memorial Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Fairport Cemetery (1), Harker Cemetery (2), Krell Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Wyoming Slough (A), Hershey Slough (B), Sweetland Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Sweetland township include: Fairport Recreation Area (1), Shady Creek Recreation Area (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
75% of Sweetland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 564
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 33
- South: 79
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 195
- Mobile homes: 110
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Sweetland township with a mortgage: 46 (0 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 56
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (10%)
- Food (9%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Legal support workers (4%)
- Child care workers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sweetland township:
- United States or American (23.4%)
- African (7.7%)
- English (7.3%)
- German (6.5%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- European (4.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 255 (94%)
- Carpooled: 8 (3%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 3 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Wood (3%)
2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
99.5% of residents of Sweetland township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 687- In family households: 615 (171 male householders, 40 female householders)
152 spouses, 185 children (146 natural, 3 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 16 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 72 (18 male householders (14 living alone)), 42 female householders (38 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 98 2-persons, 61 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 24 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 52 1-person, 8 2-persons,
633 married couples with children.
196 single-parent households (65 men, 131 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: | 28.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |