West Fork township, Woodbury County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| West Fork township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
70% of West Fork township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% 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: 291
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 24
- South: 7
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 132
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in West Fork township with a mortgage: 31 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (42%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Warehousing and storage (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Construction (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Social assistance (11%)
- Food (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (37%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (15%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (17%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (16%)
- Customer service representatives (14%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Art and design workers (11%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Fork township:
- German (43.0%)
- English (10.0%)
- European (10.0%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- Danish (4.4%)
- Czech (4.0%)
- Irish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 111 (75%)
- Carpooled: 14 (9%)
- Walked: 4 (3%)
- Worked at home: 19 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (69%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Electricity (12%)
97.8% of residents of West Fork township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 344- In family households: 306 (88 male householders, 3 female householders)
85 spouses, 123 children (119 natural, 4 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 38 (24 male householders (24 living alone)), 11 female householders (8 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 43 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 32 1-person, 3 2-persons,
81 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (3 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% |