Woodbury township, Woodbury County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (55% naturalized citizens)
Woodbury township: | 1.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
54% of Woodbury township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% 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: 3219
- Northeast: 39
- Midwest: 933
- South: 125
- West: 213
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,155
- One, attached: 173
- Two: 51
- 3 or 4: 17
- 5 to 9: 35
- 10 to 19: 13
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 192
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,400
Housing units in Woodbury township with a mortgage: 724 (47 second mortgage, 103 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 220
- Construction (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Woodbury township:
- German (38.9%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- English (8.4%)
- United States or American (7.9%)
- Norwegian (4.9%)
- Swedish (4.9%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (30%)
- Japan (16%)
- Russia (15%)
- Germany (10%)
- Thailand (10%)
- Poland (7%)
- Cambodia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,023 (83%)
- Carpooled: 252 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 61 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 84 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.0% of residents of Woodbury township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,602- In family households: 4,264 (1,055 male householders, 258 female householders)
1,073 spouses, 1,661 children (1,509 natural, 56 adopted, 96 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 27 other relatives, 129 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 338 (130 male householders (117 living alone)), 150 female householders (137 living alone)), 58 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 15 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 477 2-persons, 300 3-persons, 316 4-persons, 163 5-persons, 41 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 254 1-person, 17 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
1,120 married couples with children.
259 single-parent households (64 men, 195 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
Here: | 4.3% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 32
Here: | 9.6% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 48
Here: | 42.9% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |