Lake Prairie township, Marion County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Lake Prairie township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Lake Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1418
- Northeast: 172
- Midwest: 106
- South: 150
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $73,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Lake Prairie township, Iowa:
- 1,060 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 119 people in nursing homes
- 119 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 87 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 54 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 932
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 156
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000
Housing units in Lake Prairie township with a mortgage: 291 (29 second mortgage, 66 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 193
- Construction (24%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Apparel (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Carpenters (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lake Prairie township:
- English (31.8%)
- United States or American (31.3%)
- German (15.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.3%)
- Polish (2.7%)
- Scottish (2.7%)
- European (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 659 (84%)
- Carpooled: 66 (8%)
- Walked: 21 (3%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (62%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (8%)
- Other fuel (2%)
People in group quarters in Lake Prairie township, Iowa:
- 1,060 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 119 people in nursing homes
- 119 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 87 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 54 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.5% of residents of Lake Prairie township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,871- In family households: 1,662 (493 male householders, 107 female householders)
546 spouses, 484 children (460 natural, 7 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 209 (41 male householders (41 living alone)), 159 female householders (149 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 312 2-persons, 149 3-persons, 91 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 190 1-person, 10 2-persons,
2,385 married couples with children.
286 single-parent households (61 men, 225 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
Here: | 16.4% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 5.2% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 9.7% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |