Clay township, Jones County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 342 (38% naturalized citizens)
Clay township: | 342.2% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
52% of Clay 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, 43% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6731
- Northeast: 1554
- Midwest: 1008
- South: 2564
- West: 290
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $175,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,031
- One, attached: 309
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 148
- 5 to 9: 148
- 10 to 19: 326
- 20 to 49: 23
- 50 or more: 56
- Mobile homes: 132
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,900
Housing units in Clay township with a mortgage: 2,948 (317 second mortgage, 576 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 855
- Construction (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Beverage and tobacco products (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (3%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clay township:
- English (17.9%)
- German (16.6%)
- United States or American (14.7%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.4%)
- Italian (3.9%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (21%)
- Greece (8%)
- India (8%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Other South Central Asia (5%)
- Guatemala (4%)
- Pakistan (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,568 (87%)
- Carpooled: 586 (9%)
- Walked: 62 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 191 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (76%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
91.3% of residents of Clay township speak English at home.
4.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 17% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (57% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 22% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,844- In family households: 11,568 (3,277 male householders, 543 female householders)
3,478 spouses, 3,914 children (3,572 natural, 158 adopted, 184 stepchildren), 62 grandchildren, 78 brothers or sisters, 77 parents, 79 other relatives, 60 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,276 (402 male householders (321 living alone)), 678 female householders (616 living alone)), 196 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 292 (232 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,675 2-persons, 868 3-persons, 854 4-persons, 330 5-persons, 78 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 937 1-person, 115 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 10 5-persons,
55 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (12 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 229
Here: | 14.4% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 116
Here: | 14.0% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 75
Here: | 20.1% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |