Otho township, Webster County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Otho township: | 8.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Otho township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3527
- Northeast: 327
- Midwest: 148
- South: 443
- West: 87
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
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: 1,450
- One, attached: 54
- Two: 109
- 3 or 4: 41
- 5 to 9: 61
- 10 to 19: 71
- Mobile homes: 171
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,800
Housing units in Otho township with a mortgage: 870 (106 second mortgage, 244 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 349
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Otho township:
- United States or American (29.7%)
- English (15.4%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- German (5.4%)
- Scottish (3.5%)
- European (3.3%)
- African (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (27%)
- Japan (24%)
- United Kingdom (16%)
- Other Eastern Africa (14%)
- Taiwan (9%)
- Hong Kong (5%)
- South Africa (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,208 (89%)
- Carpooled: 204 (8%)
- Walked: 35 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 37 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (39%)
- Electricity (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
94.0% of residents of Otho township speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,645- In family households: 4,115 (1,199 male householders, 187 female householders)
1,194 spouses, 1,341 children (1,246 natural, 45 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 53 grandchildren, 42 brothers or sisters, 54 parents, 10 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 530 (224 male householders (185 living alone)), 241 female householders (215 living alone)), 65 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 630 2-persons, 328 3-persons, 315 4-persons, 91 5-persons, 22 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 400 1-person, 65 2-persons,
176 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (13 men, 32 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 45
| 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: 68
| Here: | 35.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |