Douglas township, Union County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Douglas township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
70% of Douglas 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, 27% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 596
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 69
- South: 5
- West: 23
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 268
- Mobile homes: 46
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,800
Housing units in Douglas township with a mortgage: 78 (10 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 42
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (13%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Construction (9%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (16%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Douglas township:
- German (25.4%)
- United States or American (25.4%)
- English (15.4%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- Danish (4.3%)
- Northern European (2.9%)
- Norwegian (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Thailand (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 337 (88%)
- Carpooled: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (2%)
- Worked at home: 33 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Utility gas (35%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
98.1% of residents of Douglas township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 695- In family households: 628 (164 male householders, 47 female householders)
189 spouses, 215 children (209 natural, 2 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 67 (26 male householders (26 living alone)), 41 female householders (41 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 104 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 67 1-person,
144 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (10 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here: | 8.1% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |