West Side township, Crawford County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (19% naturalized citizens)
| West Side township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
71% of West Side township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 862
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 71
- South: 11
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 386
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in West Side township with a mortgage: 123 (0 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 125
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Construction (12%)
- Food (11%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Food (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Side township:
- German (61.4%)
- United States or American (9.6%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- English (5.8%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
- Czech (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (81%)
- Germany (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 386 (74%)
- Carpooled: 44 (8%)
- Walked: 36 (7%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 52 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (71%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.4% of residents of West Side township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 985- In family households: 874 (275 male householders, 29 female householders)
238 spouses, 296 children (274 natural, 10 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 5 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 111 (44 male householders (36 living alone)), 57 female householders (57 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 159 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 93 1-person, 6 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
193 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (18 men, 27 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): 3
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |