Big Creek township, Black Hawk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Big Creek township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Big Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2235
- Northeast: 27
- Midwest: 159
- South: 107
- West: 41
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
46 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 848
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 51
- 3 or 4: 53
- 5 to 9: 18
- 10 to 19: 34
- 20 to 49: 14
- Mobile homes: 65
Housing units in Big Creek township with a mortgage: 404 (77 second mortgage, 68 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 270
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Big Creek township:
- German (51.6%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- United States or American (9.0%)
- English (8.8%)
- Norwegian (5.1%)
- Danish (1.9%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (55%)
- Canada (32%)
- Germany (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,098 (84%)
- Carpooled: 123 (9%)
- Walked: 31 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 57 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
46 people in nursing homes
97.0% of residents of Big Creek township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,548- In family households: 2,231 (558 male householders, 156 female householders)
607 spouses, 805 children (718 natural, 9 adopted, 78 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 15 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 317 (112 male householders (95 living alone)), 164 female householders (148 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 46 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 279 2-persons, 216 3-persons, 141 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 243 1-person, 29 2-persons, 4 4-persons,
520 married couples with children.
142 single-parent households (29 men, 113 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 3.9% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |