Sherman township, Monona County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sherman township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
77% of Sherman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 263
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 63
- South: 6
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 148
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,500
Housing units in Sherman township with a mortgage: 36 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 56
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (32%)
- Repair and maintenance (10%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Health care (33%)
- Educational services (32%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (33%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Secondary school teachers (21%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (19%)
- Cashiers (14%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Bus drivers (7%)
- Financial managers (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sherman township:
- Irish (18.3%)
- German (11.6%)
- United States or American (11.2%)
- Czech (9.0%)
- English (9.0%)
- French (except Basque) (8.2%)
- Danish (6.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 120 (84%)
- Carpooled: 12 (8%)
- Walked: 11 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Other fuel (3%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 343- In family households: 297 (93 male householders, 11 female householders)
97 spouses, 89 children (82 natural, 3 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 46 (15 male householders (15 living alone)), 31 female householders (31 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 49 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 9 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 46 1-person,
40 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (7 men, 5 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |