Vernon township, Dubuque County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Vernon township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
51% of Vernon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1478
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 239
- South: 21
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $177,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
35 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 561
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 8
- 5 to 9: 22
- 10 to 19: 10
- Mobile homes: 9
Housing units in Vernon township with a mortgage: 395 (11 second mortgage, 94 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 83
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vernon township:
- German (44.6%)
- Irish (24.9%)
- United States or American (6.5%)
- Italian (6.3%)
- English (5.7%)
- Norwegian (2.1%)
- Luxemburger (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (61%)
- Canada (39%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 873 (87%)
- Carpooled: 42 (4%)
- Walked: 3 (0%)
- Other means: 21 (2%)
- Worked at home: 67 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Wood (2%)
35 people in religious group quarters
96.8% of residents of Vernon township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,777- In family households: 1,705 (459 male householders, 37 female householders)
482 spouses, 662 children (635 natural, 22 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 72 (38 male householders (30 living alone)), 26 female householders (25 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 35 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 195 2-persons, 108 3-persons, 104 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 55 1-person, 9 2-persons,
526 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (6 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 94
| Here: | 40.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 24
| Here: | 40.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |