Polk township, Bremer County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Polk township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 895
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 44
- South: 23
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $107,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 396
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 10
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Polk township with a mortgage: 139 (14 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 100
- Machinery (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Food (11%)
- Construction (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Finance and insurance (16%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polk township:
- German (63.9%)
- Norwegian (9.4%)
- United States or American (9.4%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- English (2.2%)
- Danish (2.0%)
- Polish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (67%)
- Philippines (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 412 (80%)
- Carpooled: 41 (8%)
- Walked: 18 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 44 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (2%)
97.8% of residents of Polk township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (36% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 36% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 991- In family households: 856 (258 male householders, 25 female householders)
277 spouses, 281 children (266 natural, 4 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 135 (65 male householders (48 living alone)), 53 female householders (53 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 138 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 56 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 101 1-person, 17 2-persons,
198 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (6 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 3.1% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 7.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |