West Bend township, Palo Alto County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| West Bend township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of West Bend township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 820
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 99
- South: 28
- West: 11
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
41 people in nursing homes
15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 398
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 17
- 5 to 9: 3
- 10 to 19: 12
Housing units in West Bend township with a mortgage: 115 (11 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 178
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Warehousing and storage (13%)
- Construction (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Food (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Bend township:
- German (59.8%)
- Swiss (8.8%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- English (4.2%)
- Norwegian (3.7%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (67%)
- Poland (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 324 (77%)
- Carpooled: 38 (9%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 16 (4%)
- Worked at home: 39 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
41 people in nursing homes
15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
99.2% of residents of West Bend township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 921- In family households: 762 (232 male householders, 27 female householders)
221 spouses, 271 children (246 natural, 16 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 159 (49 male householders (34 living alone)), 92 female householders (90 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 56 (49 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 138 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 124 1-person, 17 2-persons,
201 married couples with children.
25 single-parent households (16 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 56
| Here: | 45.2% |
| 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: 7
| Here: | 30.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |