Remsen township, Plymouth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Remsen township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Remsen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1704
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 129
- South: 35
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
66 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 592
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 33
- 5 to 9: 10
- 10 to 19: 23
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 35
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,300
Housing units in Remsen township with a mortgage: 197 (6 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 223
- Food (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Construction (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Food (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Remsen township:
- German (61.9%)
- United States or American (11.7%)
- Luxemburger (9.8%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- Norwegian (2.3%)
- Danish (1.1%)
- Dutch (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Europe (50%)
- France (33%)
- Germany (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 683 (76%)
- Carpooled: 83 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 56 (6%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 73 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
66 people in nursing homes
97.4% of residents of Remsen township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (23% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,844- In family households: 1,610 (445 male householders, 53 female householders)
434 spouses, 644 children (603 natural, 24 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 8 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 234 (70 male householders (59 living alone)), 142 female householders (138 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 66 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 220 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 109 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 197 1-person, 15 2-persons,
495 married couples with children.
74 single-parent households (22 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 117
Here: | 39.9% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 54
Here: | 34.8% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 13.9% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |