Shell Rock township, Butler County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Shell Rock township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
50% of Shell Rock township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 24% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1588
- Northeast: 55
- Midwest: 585
- South: 560
- West: 342
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $53,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
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
46 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 989
- One, attached: 39
- Two: 34
- 3 or 4: 44
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 24
- 20 to 49: 9
- Mobile homes: 184
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Shell Rock township with a mortgage: 346 (31 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 138
- Construction (12%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (11%)
- Food (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Food (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shell Rock township:
- United States or American (13.8%)
- German (13.4%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- English (11.1%)
- Dutch (4.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (26%)
- Canada (19%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Philippines (17%)
- Guatemala (14%)
- Germany (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,139 (80%)
- Carpooled: 203 (14%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 6 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 37 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 30 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
46 people in nursing homes
96.5% of residents of Shell Rock township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,112- In family households: 2,734 (684 male householders, 189 female householders)
695 spouses, 1,022 children (922 natural, 29 adopted, 71 stepchildren), 48 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 41 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 378 (140 male householders (102 living alone)), 183 female householders (172 living alone)), 55 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 84 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 380 2-persons, 189 3-persons, 176 4-persons, 69 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 274 1-person, 47 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
295 married couples with children.
68 single-parent households (23 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 59
| Here: | 12.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |