Douglas township, Clay County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (0% naturalized citizens)
Douglas township: | 4.2% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Douglas township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% 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: 552
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 101
- South: 131
- West: 54
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 335
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 243
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,200
Housing units in Douglas township with a mortgage: 48 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 56
- Construction (14%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Chemicals (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Retail florists (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Woodworkers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Art and design workers (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Douglas township:
- United States or American (25.9%)
- Irish (17.2%)
- German (13.9%)
- English (13.2%)
- Dutch (3.3%)
- French Canadian (3.3%)
- British (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 217 (61%)
- Carpooled: 116 (33%)
- Worked at home: 20 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Wood (11%)
99.0% of residents of Douglas township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 859- In family households: 788 (247 male householders, 21 female householders)
239 spouses, 261 children (238 natural, 0 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 71 (24 male householders (24 living alone)), 47 female householders (47 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 121 2-persons, 71 3-persons, 56 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 71 1-person,
41 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (3 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
Here: | 13.2% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 26.7% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |