Cummins township, Pocahontas County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Cummins township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Cummins township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 341
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 31
- South: 1
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 160
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 5
Housing units in Cummins township with a mortgage: 23 (0 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 61
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (12%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Health care (23%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (7%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (8%)
- Construction laborers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (13%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cummins township:
- German (29.3%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- United States or American (11.4%)
- Swedish (10.7%)
- Italian (8.8%)
- Czech (7.9%)
- Norwegian (5.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 181 (85%)
- Carpooled: 23 (11%)
- Worked at home: 9 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (76%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Utility gas (4%)
97.0% of residents of Cummins township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 444- In family households: 388 (110 male householders, 11 female householders)
108 spouses, 156 children (143 natural, 0 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 56 (25 male householders (22 living alone)), 28 female householders (28 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 54 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 50 1-person, 3 2-persons,
78 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (7 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |