Avery township, Hancock County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 14 (25% naturalized citizens)
Avery township: | 13.7% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Avery township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3204
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 526
- South: 489
- West: 187
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $36,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,231
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 113
- 3 or 4: 38
- 5 to 9: 3
- 10 to 19: 27
- 20 to 49: 22
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 472
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 33
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,000
Housing units in Avery township with a mortgage: 363 (16 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 361
- Construction (25%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Carpenters (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (3%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Avery township:
- United States or American (29.0%)
- Irish (12.0%)
- English (10.3%)
- German (10.3%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
- Scottish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (45%)
- Philippines (28%)
- Vietnam (13%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (8%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,294 (74%)
- Carpooled: 306 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 54 (3%)
- Other means: 34 (2%)
- Worked at home: 59 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (6%)
96.6% of residents of Avery township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (82% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,485- In family households: 3,961 (1,022 male householders, 234 female householders)
974 spouses, 1,375 children (1,197 natural, 28 adopted, 150 stepchildren), 166 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 42 parents, 87 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 524 (198 male householders (170 living alone)), 286 female householders (266 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 539 2-persons, 300 3-persons, 257 4-persons, 107 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 436 1-person, 48 2-persons,
82 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (7 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
Here: | 3.5% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
Here: | 4.7% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 28
Here: | 32.6% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |