Sugar Creek township, Cedar County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (41% naturalized citizens)
| Sugar Creek township: | 5.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Sugar Creek 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, 72% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2089
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 121
- South: 220
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $24,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 700
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 62
- 3 or 4: 31
- 5 to 9: 8
- 10 to 19: 13
- 20 to 49: 9
- Mobile homes: 308
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,900
Housing units in Sugar Creek township with a mortgage: 223 (14 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 224
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (11%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sugar Creek township:
- United States or American (42.7%)
- Irish (16.0%)
- English (8.8%)
- German (6.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (23%)
- Mexico (23%)
- Germany (18%)
- Ukraine (18%)
- Panama (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 845 (81%)
- Carpooled: 123 (12%)
- Walked: 20 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (2%)
93.8% of residents of Sugar Creek township speak English at home.
5.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,448- In family households: 2,137 (538 male householders, 163 female householders)
507 spouses, 733 children (699 natural, 10 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 111 grandchildren, 32 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 32 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 311 (98 male householders (92 living alone)), 192 female householders (180 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 71 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 325 2-persons, 169 3-persons, 149 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 272 1-person, 12 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
77 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (11 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 3.6% |
| 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: 13
| Here: | 33.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |