Columbia township, Tama County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (27% naturalized citizens)
| Columbia township: | 7.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
38% of Columbia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 6% 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: 1660
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 531
- South: 644
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $34,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 207
- One, attached: 1
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 8
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 115
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,400
Housing units in Columbia township with a mortgage: 45 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (27%)
- Public administration (17%)
- Construction (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Rail transportation (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (28%)
- Public administration (19%)
- Health care (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Columbia township:
- United States or American (19.5%)
- English (2.6%)
- German (2.6%)
- Italian (1.5%)
- French (except Basque) (1.4%)
- Irish (1.2%)
- Dutch (0.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (88%)
- Other Caribbean (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 207 (81%)
- Carpooled: 42 (16%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 3 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (42%)
- Electricity (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (2%)
97.6% of residents of Columbia township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 778- In family households: 708 (146 male householders, 70 female householders)
146 spouses, 272 children (240 natural, 0 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 22 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 70 (37 male householders (32 living alone)), 29 female householders (29 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,107 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 96 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 37 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 61 1-person, 5 2-persons,
80 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (3 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 10.1% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |