West Lucas township, Johnson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (19% naturalized citizens)
| West Lucas township: | 10.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
34% of West Lucas township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4335
- Northeast: 297
- Midwest: 1494
- South: 291
- West: 361
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
84 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,192
- One, attached: 187
- Two: 253
- 3 or 4: 255
- 5 to 9: 625
- 10 to 19: 765
- 20 to 49: 365
- 50 or more: 153
- Mobile homes: 262
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,900
Housing units in West Lucas township with a mortgage: 685 (52 second mortgage, 126 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 340
- Educational services (16%)
- Construction (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (3%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Engineers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Lucas township:
- German (24.8%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- English (7.1%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- Norwegian (5.5%)
- Swedish (2.2%)
- Czech (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (19%)
- Middle Africa (8%)
- Other Western Africa (6%)
- India (5%)
- Mexico (5%)
- Taiwan (5%)
- Germany (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,309 (70%)
- Carpooled: 622 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 414 (9%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 56 (1%)
- Walked: 263 (6%)
- Other means: 23 (0%)
- Worked at home: 47 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
84 people in nursing homes
86.5% of residents of West Lucas township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
5.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
4.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,586- In family households: 4,626 (1,193 male householders, 451 female householders)
1,193 spouses, 1,407 children (1,329 natural, 37 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 49 grandchildren, 69 brothers or sisters, 44 parents, 74 other relatives, 146 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,960 (1,106 male householders (767 living alone)), 1,133 female householders (879 living alone)), 721 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 85 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 850 2-persons, 410 3-persons, 253 4-persons, 88 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,646 1-person, 476 2-persons, 114 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
897 married couples with children.
364 single-parent households (88 men, 276 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 46
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |