Locust Grove township, Jefferson County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (80% naturalized citizens)
Locust Grove township: | 4.2% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
72% of Locust Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 742
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 73
- South: 22
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 288
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 11
- Mobile homes: 64
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Locust Grove township with a mortgage: 111 (8 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Other direct selling establishments (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Locust Grove township:
- German (30.7%)
- United States or American (15.4%)
- English (8.1%)
- Swedish (7.2%)
- Polish (5.7%)
- Italian (5.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other South Central Asia (63%)
- Korea (31%)
- Dominican Republic (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 373 (79%)
- Carpooled: 54 (11%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 43 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
95.5% of residents of Locust Grove township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 43% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
3.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 903- In family households: 791 (233 male householders, 31 female householders)
236 spouses, 259 children (217 natural, 8 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 2 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 112 (43 male householders (36 living alone)), 54 female householders (50 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 127 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 86 1-person, 9 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
169 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (7 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 3.3% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 6.6% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
Here: | 4.8% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |