Colfax township, Grundy County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Colfax township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Colfax township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 525
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 42
- South: 5
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 220
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 2
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Colfax township with a mortgage: 85 (18 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 56
- Truck transportation (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (18%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Colfax township:
- German (74.4%)
- United States or American (6.7%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Dutch (4.9%)
- English (2.2%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
- Italian (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (60%)
- United Kingdom (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 276 (82%)
- Carpooled: 10 (3%)
- Walked: 13 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (2%)
93.5% of residents of Colfax township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
6.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 586- In family households: 539 (155 male householders, 23 female householders)
167 spouses, 185 children (156 natural, 8 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 47 (22 male householders (15 living alone)), 19 female householders (19 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 65 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 7 2-persons,
135 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (0 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 3.1% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 10.0% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
Here: | 40.5% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |