Welcome township, Sioux County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (38% naturalized citizens)
| Welcome township: | 3.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Welcome township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 974
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 330
- South: 50
- West: 31
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 396
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 28
- 5 to 9: 17
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 57
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,700
Housing units in Welcome township with a mortgage: 185 (0 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 76
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Warehousing and storage (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (8%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Welcome township:
- Dutch (71.8%)
- German (9.3%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
- Polish (1.0%)
- English (0.9%)
- Norwegian (0.5%)
- Czech (0.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (38%)
- Canada (28%)
- Mexico (23%)
- Other South America (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 554 (75%)
- Carpooled: 60 (8%)
- Bicycle: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 60 (8%)
- Worked at home: 53 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
92.4% of residents of Welcome township speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,441- In family households: 1,316 (336 male householders, 53 female householders)
352 spouses, 575 children (532 natural, 22 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 125 (49 male householders (39 living alone)), 53 female householders (48 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 140 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 87 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 87 1-person, 12 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
395 married couples with children.
47 single-parent households (3 men, 44 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
| Here: | 17.9% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 11.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 95
| Here: | 75.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |