Calhoun township, Calhoun County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (64% naturalized citizens)
Calhoun township: | 6.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
52% of Calhoun township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% 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: 1470
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 107
- South: 164
- West: 113
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 578
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 79
- 3 or 4: 56
- 5 to 9: 15
- 10 to 19: 13
- 20 to 49: 17
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 150
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,100
Housing units in Calhoun township with a mortgage: 227 (17 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 123
- Paper (15%)
- Construction (12%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Paper (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Calhoun township:
- United States or American (19.3%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- German (10.3%)
- English (4.2%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (36%)
- Ireland (18%)
- Netherlands (18%)
- Mexico (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 835 (89%)
- Carpooled: 70 (7%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 14 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (4%)
97.1% of residents of Calhoun township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,889- In family households: 1,635 (447 male householders, 96 female householders)
402 spouses, 584 children (504 natural, 14 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 30 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 254 (103 male householders (94 living alone)), 135 female householders (133 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 229 2-persons, 136 3-persons, 137 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 227 1-person, 10 2-persons, 1 5-persons,
45 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (1 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Here: | 6.2% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 3.7% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
Here: | 16.5% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |