Adams township, Dallas County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (71% naturalized citizens)
Adams township: | 2.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Adams township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 837
- Northeast: 57
- Midwest: 105
- South: 320
- West: 91
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 429
- 5 to 9: 12
- Mobile homes: 188
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,600
Housing units in Adams township with a mortgage: 109 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 89
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Finance and insurance (18%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Adams township:
- United States or American (28.4%)
- German (20.0%)
- Irish (16.5%)
- English (8.4%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- Italian (2.7%)
- Scottish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Honduras (54%)
- Other Caribbean (18%)
- Mexico (14%)
- Canada (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 557 (82%)
- Carpooled: 52 (8%)
- Walked: 21 (3%)
- Other means: 15 (2%)
- Worked at home: 33 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Wood (12%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.1% of residents of Adams township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,442- In family households: 1,300 (418 male householders, 36 female householders)
407 spouses, 352 children (295 natural, 16 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 28 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 142 (58 male householders (50 living alone)), 65 female householders (60 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 211 2-persons, 117 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 42 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person, 11 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
264 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (7 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
Here: | 14.2% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 12.2% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |