Allen township, Polk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (61% naturalized citizens)
Allen township: | 2.4% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
35% of Allen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1042
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 153
- South: 33
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $24,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 477
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $70,600
Housing units in Allen township with a mortgage: 271 (10 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 69
- Construction (25%)
- Finance and insurance (17%)
- Rail transportation (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (11%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Air transportation (7%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (12%)
- Top executives (12%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (7%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Financial managers (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Accountants and auditors (7%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Allen township:
- German (41.4%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- English (8.9%)
- Dutch (3.5%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- Norwegian (3.0%)
- Swedish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (32%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (26%)
- Germany (23%)
- Thailand (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 517 (78%)
- Carpooled: 85 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 11 (2%)
- Worked at home: 40 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (6%)
92.4% of residents of Allen township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 33% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,289- In family households: 1,158 (311 male householders, 45 female householders)
289 spouses, 400 children (378 natural, 6 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 28 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 131 (42 male householders (28 living alone)), 70 female householders (61 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 149 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 23 2-persons,
325 married couples with children.
41 single-parent households (16 men, 25 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
Here: | 25.3% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 9.6% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
Here: | 65.4% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |