Washington township, Plymouth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (19% naturalized citizens)
Washington township: | 5.8% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
64% of Washington 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, 38% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 351
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 63
- South: 12
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 170
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 2
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 56 (7 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 28
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Truck transportation (13%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Food (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Other direct selling establishments (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Warehousing and storage (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (20%)
- Farmers and farm managers (19%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (64.8%)
- Dutch (8.7%)
- English (7.5%)
- United States or American (3.0%)
- Irish (2.2%)
- Czech (1.5%)
- Luxemburger (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (78%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 224 (76%)
- Carpooled: 41 (14%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (58%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Other fuel (4%)
92.9% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
4.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (29% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 48% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 458- In family households: 433 (147 male householders, 15 female householders)
151 spouses, 110 children (101 natural, 9 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 25 (15 male householders (11 living alone)), 6 female householders (6 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 94 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 17 1-person, 4 2-persons,
101 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (5 men, 9 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% |