Black Oak township, Mahaska County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Black Oak township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
53% of Black Oak township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3122
- Northeast: 41
- Midwest: 495
- South: 410
- West: 144
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $54,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,293
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 36
- 3 or 4: 96
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 304
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,600
Housing units in Black Oak township with a mortgage: 672 (66 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 169
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Machinery (16%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (16%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Textile mills and textile products (9%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (20%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Plant and system operators (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Black Oak township:
- United States or American (58.1%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- German (8.4%)
- English (7.3%)
- European (1.5%)
- Italian (1.2%)
- Dutch (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (53%)
- Japan (27%)
- Austria (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,784 (84%)
- Carpooled: 258 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (0%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 54 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Wood (5%)
97.7% of residents of Black Oak township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,255- In family households: 3,889 (981 male householders, 255 female householders)
1,039 spouses, 1,451 children (1,346 natural, 30 adopted, 75 stepchildren), 63 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 9 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 366 (183 male householders (157 living alone)), 138 female householders (134 living alone)), 45 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 439 2-persons, 397 3-persons, 276 4-persons, 84 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 291 1-person, 26 2-persons, 4 5-persons,
186 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (6 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
| Here: | 5.2% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |