Elk township, Delaware County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Elk township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Elk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 571
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 22
- South: 0
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 216
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 1
- Mobile homes: 35
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,600
Housing units in Elk township with a mortgage: 72 (4 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 36
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (27%)
- Construction (20%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Other direct selling establishments (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Carpenters (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elk township:
- German (57.0%)
- United States or American (17.6%)
- English (6.8%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- Italian (2.3%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
- Swiss (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 197 (64%)
- Carpooled: 31 (10%)
- Walked: 13 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 65 (21%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (81%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (4%)
96.4% of residents of Elk township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 612- In family households: 564 (164 male householders, 25 female householders)
147 spouses, 182 children (173 natural, 3 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 16 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 48 (30 male householders (27 living alone)), 14 female householders (14 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 94 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 37 4-persons, 24 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 41 1-person, 1 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
142 married couples with children.
28 single-parent households (12 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
Here: | 4.6% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |