Port Louisa township, Louisa County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 754 (19% naturalized citizens)
| Port Louisa township: | 754.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
44% of Port Louisa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 21544
- Northeast: 811
- Midwest: 5461
- South: 6752
- West: 4851
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11,657
- One, attached: 539
- Two: 1,439
- 3 or 4: 913
- 5 to 9: 739
- 10 to 19: 797
- 20 to 49: 61
- 50 or more: 279
- Mobile homes: 936
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 45
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,400
Housing units in Port Louisa township with a mortgage: 5,967 (542 second mortgage, 359 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,706
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Food (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Paper (6%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (22%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Port Louisa township:
- United States or American (18.2%)
- German (10.5%)
- English (9.7%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- Italian (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (69%)
- El Salvador (9%)
- Micronesia (8%)
- Laos (4%)
- Honduras (1%)
- Philippines (1%)
- Germany (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 17,235 (80%)
- Carpooled: 3,204 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 29 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 16 (0%)
- Walked: 283 (1%)
- Other means: 227 (1%)
- Worked at home: 531 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
79.5% of residents of Port Louisa township speak English at home.
17.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (31% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 23% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 46,255- In family households: 40,945 (9,819 male householders, 2,456 female householders)
9,765 spouses, 14,920 children (13,292 natural, 468 adopted, 1,160 stepchildren), 813 grandchildren, 610 brothers or sisters, 215 parents, 1,128 other relatives, 1,219 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,310 (1,904 male householders (1,493 living alone)), 2,461 female householders (2,211 living alone)), 945 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 601 (574 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,749 2-persons, 2,759 3-persons, 2,529 4-persons, 1,235 5-persons, 486 6-persons, 517 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,704 1-person, 492 2-persons, 110 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 16 5-persons,
174 married couples with children.
42 single-parent households (20 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 370
| Here: | 6.4% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 120
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 184
| Here: | 14.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |