Columbia township, Wapello County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
Columbia township: | 2.3% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Columbia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 748
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 167
- South: 319
- West: 97
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 509
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 3
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 151
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,400
Housing units in Columbia township with a mortgage: 160 (9 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 142
- Construction (26%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (9%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Religious workers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Registered nurses (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Columbia township:
- United States or American (30.0%)
- Irish (18.9%)
- English (10.8%)
- German (10.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.3%)
- Italian (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (33%)
- Cuba (29%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (21%)
- Other Northern Europe (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 425 (79%)
- Carpooled: 95 (18%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 12 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Wood (8%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.3% of residents of Columbia township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,377- In family households: 1,229 (369 male householders, 64 female householders)
356 spouses, 344 children (300 natural, 24 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 31 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 148 (92 male householders (81 living alone)), 45 female householders (45 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 212 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 126 1-person, 11 2-persons,
185 married couples with children.
68 single-parent households (18 men, 50 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 2.4% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 4.0% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 16.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |