Malaka township, Jasper County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 10 (19% naturalized citizens)
| Malaka township: | 9.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
71% of Malaka township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1028
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 39
- South: 253
- West: 69
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 463
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 3
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 222
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Malaka township with a mortgage: 86 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 135
- Food (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food (16%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Food processing workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Malaka township:
- United States or American (21.9%)
- Irish (3.5%)
- German (2.6%)
- English (2.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.6%)
- Dutch (1.2%)
- French (except Basque) (0.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 445 (72%)
- Carpooled: 131 (21%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 16 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 24 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.0% of residents of Malaka township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (13% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 37% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (13% speak English very well, 88% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,438- In family households: 1,266 (284 male householders, 137 female householders)
297 spouses, 418 children (372 natural, 12 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 64 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 39 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 172 (68 male householders (55 living alone)), 81 female householders (78 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 173 2-persons, 108 3-persons, 88 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 12 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 133 1-person, 7 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
61 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (6 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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% |