West Branch township, Sioux County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (20% naturalized citizens)
| West Branch township: | 5.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of West Branch township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 27% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4018
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 1043
- South: 45
- West: 387
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
1,126 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
66 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,476
- One, attached: 54
- Two: 35
- 3 or 4: 46
- 5 to 9: 65
- 10 to 19: 10
- 20 to 49: 77
- 50 or more: 13
- Mobile homes: 63
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in West Branch township with a mortgage: 647 (58 second mortgage, 121 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 465
- Educational services (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Educational services (31%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Branch township:
- Dutch (76.8%)
- German (7.4%)
- United States or American (2.1%)
- English (1.5%)
- Norwegian (1.4%)
- Italian (1.2%)
- Irish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (31%)
- Canada (30%)
- Netherlands (21%)
- Korea (6%)
- Guatemala (5%)
- Other Eastern Africa (2%)
- Nigeria (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,181 (66%)
- Carpooled: 241 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 41 (1%)
- Walked: 645 (20%)
- Other means: 16 (0%)
- Worked at home: 162 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
1,126 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
66 people in nursing homes
93.0% of residents of West Branch township speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 53% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,743- In family households: 4,252 (1,165 male householders, 128 female householders)
1,168 spouses, 1,685 children (1,634 natural, 42 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 65 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 491 (101 male householders (69 living alone)), 314 female householders (290 living alone)), 76 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,191 (65 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 579 2-persons, 222 3-persons, 236 4-persons, 153 5-persons, 72 6-persons, 31 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 359 1-person, 44 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 6 5-persons,
1,202 married couples with children.
109 single-parent households (29 men, 80 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 353
| Here: | 52.1% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 179
| Here: | 44.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,230
| Here: | 95.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |