Marcy township, Boone County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (4% naturalized citizens)
Marcy township: | 4.1% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Marcy township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% 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: 751
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 130
- South: 19
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 343
- One, attached: 2
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 18
- Mobile homes: 96
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,500
Housing units in Marcy township with a mortgage: 117 (7 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 91
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marcy township:
- German (37.3%)
- United States or American (12.3%)
- Norwegian (11.7%)
- Swedish (6.9%)
- English (6.5%)
- Yugoslavian (5.0%)
- Dutch (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (94%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 444 (81%)
- Carpooled: 61 (11%)
- Worked at home: 45 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Utility gas (41%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (4%)
94.0% of residents of Marcy township speak English at home.
6.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (23% speak English very well, 46% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 996- In family households: 873 (278 male householders, 37 female householders)
292 spouses, 235 children (190 natural, 10 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 9 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 123 (50 male householders (42 living alone)), 59 female householders (53 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 208 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 34 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 95 1-person, 14 2-persons,
246 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (12 men, 25 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 2
Here: | 11.8% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |