Vernon township, Humboldt County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Vernon township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
77% of Vernon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 476
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 34
- South: 7
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 239
- 3 or 4: 3
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Vernon township with a mortgage: 47 (8 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 89
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Truck transportation (21%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Warehousing and storage (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (14%)
- Social assistance (10%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (24%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Registered nurses (13%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Librarians, curators, and archivists (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vernon township:
- German (47.3%)
- Norwegian (17.9%)
- English (5.1%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- Danish (4.8%)
- United States or American (3.2%)
- Swiss (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other South Central Asia (67%)
- Philippines (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 192 (76%)
- Carpooled: 15 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Bicycle: 5 (2%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 33 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (71%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.9% of residents of Vernon township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 533- In family households: 456 (127 male householders, 13 female householders)
135 spouses, 181 children (177 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 77 (34 male householders (23 living alone)), 29 female householders (27 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 63 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 50 1-person, 11 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
116 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (5 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 3.8% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |