Douglas township, Mitchell County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 63 (17% naturalized citizens)
| Douglas township: | 62.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
51% of Douglas township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1523
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 416
- South: 553
- West: 345
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $56,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 817
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 47
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 8
- 10 to 19: 6
- 20 to 49: 59
- Mobile homes: 221
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,100
Housing units in Douglas township with a mortgage: 224 (8 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 97
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (47%)
- Metal and metal products (18%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
- Health care (35%)
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (47%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Douglas township:
- German (17.7%)
- United States or American (13.0%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- English (9.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (58%)
- Guatemala (18%)
- El Salvador (12%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Poland (4%)
- Bangladesh (3%)
- Colombia (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,116 (74%)
- Carpooled: 211 (14%)
- Walked: 44 (3%)
- Other means: 36 (2%)
- Worked at home: 98 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (12%)
91.5% of residents of Douglas township speak English at home.
7.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 25% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (29% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,073- In family households: 2,803 (667 male householders, 151 female householders)
661 spouses, 1,063 children (933 natural, 28 adopted, 102 stepchildren), 85 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 59 other relatives, 93 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 270 (129 male householders (113 living alone)), 99 female householders (87 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 280 2-persons, 189 3-persons, 209 4-persons, 80 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 200 1-person, 20 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
86 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (0 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 22.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |