Morton township, Page County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 30.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 207 (all rural)
| Males: 111 |  (53.6%) |
| Females: 96 |  (46.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 207 (164 owner occupied, 43 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 21% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Morton township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 94.2%
- Asian: 1.0%
Median age of males: 39.8
Median age of females: 43.3
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Average household size: 2.62
| Morton township: | 2.6 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.95
| Morton township: | $43,330 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $398 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $79,325 (it was $61,700 in 2000)
| : | $79,325 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 9.2% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Morton Township Community Building (A). Display/hide its location on the map
53% of Morton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 101
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 42
- South: 0
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 83
Housing units in Morton township with a mortgage: 30 (7 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0
- Food (21%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Food (22%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Paper (9%)
- Gasoline stations (9%)
- Health care (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (15%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other financial specialists (10%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (11%)
- Cashiers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Other financial specialists (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Morton township:
- German (35.3%)
- United States or American (21.1%)
- English (13.5%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- Swedish (6.8%)
- Danish (4.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 76 (80%)
- Carpooled: 4 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 13 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (85%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
99.4% of residents of Morton township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 154- In family households: 127 (49 male householders, 0 female householders)
49 spouses, 29 children (28 natural, 0 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 27 (12 male householders (10 living alone)), 8 female householders (2 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 31 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 12 1-person, 6 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
48 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (0 men, 1 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% |