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Center township, Mills County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 11 (62% naturalized citizens)

Center township:

11.2%
Whole state:

3.1%

73% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% 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: 5039
  • Northeast: 145
  • Midwest: 101
  • South: 730
  • West: 33

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $29,200


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Center township, IA map Center township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $36,500


Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 468 (17 second mortgage, 97 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 560

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 103
  • 1995 to 1998: 260
  • 1990 to 1994: 241
  • 1980 to 1989: 461
  • 1970 to 1979: 590
  • 1960 to 1969: 457
  • 1950 to 1959: 361
  • 1940 to 1949: 178
  • 1939 or earlier: 158

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Center township, Iowa:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 32
  • 3 rooms: 50
  • 4 rooms: 192
  • 5 rooms: 478
  • 6 rooms: 515
  • 7 rooms: 311
  • 8 rooms: 122
  • 9 or more rooms: 109

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Center township, Iowa:

  • 1 room: 5
  • 2 rooms: 38
  • 3 rooms: 88
  • 4 rooms: 119
  • 5 rooms: 184
  • 6 rooms: 193
  • 7 rooms: 42
  • 8 rooms: 6
  • 9 or more rooms: 16

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Center township:

  • no bedroom: 3
  • 1 bedroom: 58
  • 2 bedrooms: 363
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,138
  • 4 bedrooms: 231
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 16

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Center township:

  • no bedroom: 10
  • 1 bedroom: 90
  • 2 bedrooms: 241
  • 3 bedrooms: 334
  • 4 bedrooms: 16
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Center township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 103
  • 1 vehicle: 568
  • 2 vehicles: 736
  • 3 vehicles: 325
  • 4 vehicles: 64
  • 5 or more vehicles: 13

Cars and other vehicles available in Center township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 192
  • 1 vehicle: 313
  • 2 vehicles: 130
  • 3 vehicles: 37
  • 4 vehicles: 13
  • 5 or more vehicles: 6

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (12%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Wood products (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (21%)
  • Educational services (17%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Social assistance (5%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
  • Public administration (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:

  • United States or American (24.0%)
  • English (5.8%)
  • Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
  • Irish (2.3%)
  • German (2.3%)
  • Scottish (1.4%)
  • African (0.6%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Mexico (80%)
  • Poland (11%)
  • Japan (8%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Electricity (42%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
  • Utility gas (3%)
  • Wood (1%)

96.7% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 6,105

Size of family households: 781 2-persons, 382 3-persons, 301 4-persons, 133 5-persons, 69 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 734 1-person, 78 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 5 4-persons,

117 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (12 men, 9 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
Here:

2.3%
Iowa:

10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 32
Here:

8.6%
Iowa:

7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
Here:

3.8%
Iowa:

25.4%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Center township:

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