Black Hawk township, Jefferson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Black Hawk township: | 4.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Black Hawk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2491
- Northeast: 105
- Midwest: 27
- South: 142
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 836
- One, attached: 21
- Two: 48
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 6
- 20 to 49: 4
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 245
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,700
Housing units in Black Hawk township with a mortgage: 289 (34 second mortgage, 32 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 197
- Construction (16%)
- Food (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Food (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Black Hawk township:
- United States or American (14.5%)
- English (10.9%)
- African (5.2%)
- German (1.9%)
- Irish (1.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.6%)
- Greek (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (29%)
- Korea (29%)
- South Africa (21%)
- Other Eastern Africa (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 774 (79%)
- Carpooled: 157 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 13 (1%)
- Other means: 24 (2%)
- Worked at home: 9 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Wood (3%)
96.9% of residents of Black Hawk township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,794- In family households: 2,418 (490 male householders, 269 female householders)
504 spouses, 802 children (703 natural, 28 adopted, 71 stepchildren), 140 grandchildren, 28 brothers or sisters, 39 parents, 98 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 376 (127 male householders (99 living alone)), 170 female householders (154 living alone)), 79 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 283 2-persons, 194 3-persons, 158 4-persons, 67 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 253 1-person, 27 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 1 6-persons,
67 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (2 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |