Jackson township, Lee County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Jackson township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 24% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1128
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 282
- South: 72
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
72 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 448
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 193
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 181 (6 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 115
- Food (13%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Plastics and rubber products (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (37.5%)
- United States or American (20.6%)
- Irish (14.8%)
- English (7.7%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Swedish (3.0%)
- Norwegian (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 643 (85%)
- Carpooled: 80 (11%)
- Walked: 17 (2%)
- Worked at home: 18 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
72 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
98.7% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,462- In family households: 1,311 (373 male householders, 76 female householders)
366 spouses, 420 children (398 natural, 0 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 11 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 151 (74 male householders (45 living alone)), 46 female householders (46 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 73 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 238 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 79 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 91 1-person, 25 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
312 married couples with children.
94 single-parent households (27 men, 67 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 65
Here: | 32.8% |
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: 12
Here: | 46.2% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |