Center township, Jefferson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Center township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 567
- Northeast: 95
- Midwest: 71
- South: 86
- West: 52
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 333
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 43
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 39
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,200
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 85 (11 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 69
- Construction (33%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Public administration (24%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (8%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (37%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (24%)
- Postsecondary teachers (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (12%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- United States or American (24.6%)
- German (20.9%)
- English (14.3%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- Swedish (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (67%)
- Other Eastern Europe (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 342 (72%)
- Carpooled: 27 (6%)
- Walked: 44 (9%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 56 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Utility gas (37%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (4%)
95.7% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 902- In family households: 779 (247 male householders, 51 female householders)
294 spouses, 180 children (172 natural, 0 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 123 (43 male householders (37 living alone)), 53 female householders (53 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 197 2-persons, 48 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 90 1-person, 6 6-persons,
193 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (17 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 52
| Here: | 66.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 19.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |