Leroy township, Benton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Leroy township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Leroy township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 923
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 78
- South: 28
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 409
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 24
- 5 to 9: 8
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in Leroy township with a mortgage: 158 (19 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 119
- Construction (22%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (22%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (11%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Electricians (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (15%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Business operations specialists (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Leroy township:
- German (53.0%)
- United States or American (13.7%)
- Irish (4.9%)
- Czech (4.5%)
- English (4.4%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Norwegian (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 386 (66%)
- Carpooled: 122 (21%)
- Bicycle: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 46 (8%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 21 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.8% of residents of Leroy township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,062- In family households: 933 (286 male householders, 47 female householders)
251 spouses, 323 children (283 natural, 12 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 129 (45 male householders (37 living alone)), 73 female householders (73 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 179 2-persons, 82 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person, 7 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
206 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (16 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
Here: | 9.0% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |