Otter Creek township, Linn County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Otter Creek township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
76% of Otter Creek 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, 83% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1167
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 82
- South: 31
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $84,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 467
- One, attached: 4
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 14
- Mobile homes: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Otter Creek township with a mortgage: 218 (18 second mortgage, 30 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 77
- Construction (15%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Otter Creek township:
- German (36.6%)
- United States or American (15.6%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- English (8.0%)
- Norwegian (5.6%)
- Czech (4.8%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Austria (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 589 (86%)
- Carpooled: 47 (7%)
- Walked: 19 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.8% of residents of Otter Creek township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,305- In family households: 1,216 (334 male householders, 50 female householders)
327 spouses, 474 children (470 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 8 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 89 (34 male householders (29 living alone)), 41 female householders (36 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 148 2-persons, 82 3-persons, 89 4-persons, 58 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 65 1-person, 10 2-persons,
334 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (18 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 5.5% |
| 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% |