Tama township, Des Moines County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 14 (11% naturalized citizens)
| Tama township: | 13.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Tama township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4580
- Northeast: 173
- Midwest: 47
- South: 369
- West: 49
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 786
- One, attached: 7
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 1,365
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,500
Housing units in Tama township with a mortgage: 277 (41 second mortgage, 55 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 268
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Textile mills and textile products (10%)
- Food (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Apparel (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electricians (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tama township:
- United States or American (24.8%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.6%)
- English (4.0%)
- German (2.7%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
- Italian (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (88%)
- Germany (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,833 (75%)
- Carpooled: 479 (20%)
- Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 67 (3%)
- Other means: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 20 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (64%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Wood (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.0% of residents of Tama township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (23% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 41% speak English not well, 27% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,379- In family households: 4,706 (1,059 male householders, 366 female householders)
1,041 spouses, 1,914 children (1,769 natural, 22 adopted, 123 stepchildren), 94 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 67 other relatives, 109 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 673 (295 male householders (233 living alone)), 230 female householders (188 living alone)), 148 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 484 2-persons, 393 3-persons, 341 4-persons, 126 5-persons, 65 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 421 1-person, 87 2-persons, 17 4-persons,
186 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (13 men, 20 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): 16
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |