Marion township, Washington County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
Marion township: | 1.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
70% of Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1391
- Northeast: 95
- Midwest: 92
- South: 281
- West: 45
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $225,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 921
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 6
- 10 to 19: 14
- Mobile homes: 292
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,700
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 170 (17 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 196
- Construction (18%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- United States or American (22.8%)
- English (15.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (11.9%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- German (9.4%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (56%)
- France (44%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 792 (82%)
- Carpooled: 143 (15%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 12 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Wood (13%)
- Utility gas (3%)
97.4% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,929- In family households: 1,595 (465 male householders, 128 female householders)
448 spouses, 476 children (425 natural, 17 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 16 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 334 (83 male householders (60 living alone)), 169 female householders (147 living alone)), 82 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 329 2-persons, 127 3-persons, 110 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 207 1-person, 31 2-persons, 14 4-persons,
139 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (1 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here: | 3.0% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 12.8% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |