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Forest City township, Howard County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)

Forest City township:

1.1%
Whole state:

3.1%

59% of Forest City township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Iowa.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 952
  • Northeast: 108
  • Midwest: 119
  • South: 208
  • West: 52

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%

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

  • Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Forest City township, IA map Forest City township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $75,700


Housing units in Forest City township with a mortgage: 150 (17 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 47

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 58
  • 1995 to 1998: 117
  • 1990 to 1994: 99
  • 1980 to 1989: 122
  • 1970 to 1979: 45
  • 1960 to 1969: 66
  • 1950 to 1959: 69
  • 1940 to 1949: 6
  • 1939 or earlier: 118

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Forest City township, Iowa:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 7
  • 4 rooms: 48
  • 5 rooms: 119
  • 6 rooms: 133
  • 7 rooms: 156
  • 8 rooms: 48
  • 9 or more rooms: 18

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Forest City township, Iowa:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 6
  • 3 rooms: 9
  • 4 rooms: 36
  • 5 rooms: 34
  • 6 rooms: 16
  • 7 rooms: 0
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Forest City township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 6
  • 2 bedrooms: 139
  • 3 bedrooms: 301
  • 4 bedrooms: 75
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 8

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Forest City township:

  • no bedroom: 6
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 57
  • 3 bedrooms: 38
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

  • no vehicle: 29
  • 1 vehicle: 95
  • 2 vehicles: 223
  • 3 vehicles: 112
  • 4 vehicles: 51
  • 5 or more vehicles: 19

Cars and other vehicles available in Forest City township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 6
  • 1 vehicle: 43
  • 2 vehicles: 42
  • 3 vehicles: 10
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

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

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (27%)
  • Machinery (10%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (10%)
  • Truck transportation (7%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (7%)
  • Beverage and tobacco products (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Department and other general merchandise stores (23%)
  • Construction (21%)
  • Educational services (17%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Personal and laundry services (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (13%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
  • Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
  • Other construction workers and helpers (8%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (23%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (20%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
  • Cashiers (9%)
  • Painters and paperhangers (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Forest City township:

  • United States or American (24.9%)
  • English (13.9%)
  • Irish (11.5%)
  • German (10.6%)
  • Scottish (5.4%)
  • Italian (4.7%)
  • Scotch-Irish (4.3%)

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

  • Japan (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
  • Electricity (30%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
  • Wood (5%)
  • Solar energy (1%)

97.1% of residents of Forest City township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,474

Size of family households: 170 2-persons, 110 3-persons, 111 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 6 6-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 145 1-person, 26 2-persons,

153 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (7 men, 38 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
Here:

8.0%
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: 11
Here:

21.2%
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 Forest City township:

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