Washington township, Lee County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1627
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 556
- South: 139
- West: 124
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $265,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
821 people in state prisons
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 618
- One, attached: 8
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 25
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 218 (29 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 199
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Rail transportation (7%)
- Paper (6%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (42.4%)
- United States or American (12.3%)
- English (8.5%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- Danish (3.1%)
- Italian (2.2%)
- Swedish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Syria (64%)
- Australia (36%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 660 (87%)
- Carpooled: 48 (6%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 46 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Wood (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
821 people in state prisons
94.0% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
3.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,649- In family households: 1,460 (402 male householders, 65 female householders)
445 spouses, 484 children (439 natural, 11 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 0 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 189 (68 male householders (60 living alone)), 87 female householders (67 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 843 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 251 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 83 4-persons, 62 5-persons, 12 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 127 1-person, 23 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
342 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (14 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
| Here: | 22.5% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 15.2% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |