Roland township, Webster County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 703 (all rural)
| Males: 343 |  (48.8%) |
| Females: 360 |  (51.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 703 (560 owner occupied, 143 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 20% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Roland township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.7%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 37.7
Median age of females: 36.6
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Average household size: 2.60
| Roland township: | 2.6 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.08
| Roland township: | $42,137 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $465 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $86,063 (it was $65,900 in 2000)
| : | $86,063 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 20 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 10.1% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 4.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Callender.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Our Saviour Cemetery (1), Danish Cemetery (2), Mizpah Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
70% of Roland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 652
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 51
- South: 8
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 253
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 20
Housing units in Roland township with a mortgage: 89 (9 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 80
- Construction (23%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Construction laborers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Roland township:
- German (29.6%)
- Norwegian (16.2%)
- United States or American (12.4%)
- Swedish (9.0%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- English (7.4%)
- Danish (6.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 232 (77%)
- Carpooled: 29 (10%)
- Walked: 14 (5%)
- Worked at home: 26 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
98.1% of residents of Roland township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 54% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 733- In family households: 667 (186 male householders, 27 female householders)
172 spouses, 250 children (234 natural, 6 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 10 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 66 (37 male householders (32 living alone)), 22 female householders (20 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 98 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 52 1-person, 7 2-persons,
162 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (15 men, 18 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: 2
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |