Lizard township, Pocahontas County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 52 (3% naturalized citizens)
Lizard township: | 51.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
38% of Lizard township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5777
- Northeast: 58
- Midwest: 1020
- South: 1131
- West: 254
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $64,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,309
- One, attached: 43
- Two: 247
- 3 or 4: 211
- 5 to 9: 322
- 10 to 19: 156
- 20 to 49: 104
- 50 or more: 91
- Mobile homes: 341
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,400
Housing units in Lizard township with a mortgage: 838 (37 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 546
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (58%)
- Construction (20%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (28%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (17%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Wood products (9%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (56%)
- Carpenters (16%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (23%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (21%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (17%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lizard township:
- United States or American (27.4%)
- German (10.3%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- English (6.5%)
- European (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
- Italian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (95%)
- Canada (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,305 (79%)
- Carpooled: 636 (15%)
- Ferryboat: 10 (0%)
- Taxi: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 81 (2%)
- Other means: 65 (2%)
- Worked at home: 87 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
97.3% of residents of Lizard township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (18% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 36% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,346- In family households: 6,447 (1,543 male householders, 548 female householders)
1,424 spouses, 2,379 children (2,121 natural, 55 adopted, 203 stepchildren), 168 grandchildren, 123 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 80 other relatives, 165 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,899 (621 male householders (418 living alone)), 787 female householders (609 living alone)), 491 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 49 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 885 2-persons, 485 3-persons, 438 4-persons, 224 5-persons, 49 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,027 1-person, 304 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 28 4-persons,
60 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (6 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
Here: | 4.2% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
Here: | 2.0% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 71
Here: | 8.3% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |