Battle township, Ida County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (60% naturalized citizens)
Battle township: | 2.1% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
70% of Battle township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 207
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 1
- South: 17
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 78
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Battle township with a mortgage: 16 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (64%)
- Construction (12%)
- Air transportation (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Educational services (50%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Other direct selling establishments (12%)
- Private households (10%)
- Construction (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (50%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (14%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Air transportation workers (7%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (29%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Child care workers (10%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Battle township:
- United States or American (26.9%)
- English (23.4%)
- German (14.5%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- Danish (5.5%)
- Dutch (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Panama (60%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 96 (79%)
- Carpooled: 20 (17%)
- Worked at home: 5 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Wood (13%)
- Utility gas (4%)
95.0% of residents of Battle township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 71% speak English well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 235- In family households: 215 (61 male householders, 8 female householders)
75 spouses, 60 children (58 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 20 (12 male householders (12 living alone)), 8 female householders (8 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 36 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 9 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 20 1-person,
68 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (1 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
Here: | 3.8% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 30.8% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |