Adams township, Mahaska County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 160 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Adams township: | 160.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Adams township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8253
- Northeast: 1034
- Midwest: 702
- South: 2319
- West: 232
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $121,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,540
- One, attached: 76
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 37
- 10 to 19: 75
- 20 to 49: 200
- 50 or more: 15
- Mobile homes: 489
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,200
Housing units in Adams township with a mortgage: 2,778 (314 second mortgage, 473 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 937
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Construction (20%)
- Metal and metal products (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Warehousing and storage (6%)
- Health care (49%)
- Apparel (19%)
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Construction (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (18%)
- Engineers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Religious workers (8%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Registered nurses (18%)
- Financial managers (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Adams township:
- United States or American (31.9%)
- German (15.7%)
- English (12.6%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- Italian (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
- Scottish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (34%)
- Cambodia (11%)
- Laos (11%)
- Costa Rica (6%)
- Canada (6%)
- Thailand (5%)
- Dominican Republic (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,375 (89%)
- Carpooled: 634 (9%)
- Motorcycle: 20 (0%)
- Walked: 6 (0%)
- Other means: 54 (1%)
- Worked at home: 114 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (56%)
- Utility gas (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (3%)
93.9% of residents of Adams township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (35% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,988- In family households: 11,524 (3,320 male householders, 618 female householders)
3,425 spouses, 3,502 children (3,210 natural, 58 adopted, 234 stepchildren), 187 grandchildren, 78 brothers or sisters, 66 parents, 135 other relatives, 193 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,464 (564 male householders (410 living alone)), 623 female householders (520 living alone)), 277 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 51 (31 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,823 2-persons, 956 3-persons, 829 4-persons, 214 5-persons, 101 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 930 1-person, 243 2-persons, 14 3-persons,
81 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (6 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 207
| Here: | 14.6% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 50
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 95
| Here: | 16.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |