Jefferson township, Fayette County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (81% naturalized citizens)
Jefferson township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Jefferson 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, 66% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6064
- Northeast: 60
- Midwest: 622
- South: 143
- West: 228
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Jefferson township, Iowa:
- 153 people in nursing homes
- 36 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 36 people in military hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,698
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 148
- 3 or 4: 171
- 5 to 9: 57
- 10 to 19: 21
- 20 to 49: 48
- Mobile homes: 81
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,500
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 995 (65 second mortgage, 107 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 906
- Educational services (22%)
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Educational services (32%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Health care (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (47.1%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- English (8.0%)
- Norwegian (4.2%)
- Italian (3.1%)
- Dutch (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (49%)
- South Africa (19%)
- Korea (14%)
- Vietnam (10%)
- Mexico (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,465 (80%)
- Carpooled: 385 (13%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 105 (3%)
- Other means: 19 (1%)
- Worked at home: 97 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Jefferson township, Iowa:
- 153 people in nursing homes
- 36 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 36 people in military hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
96.1% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (23% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,007- In family households: 5,767 (1,549 male householders, 444 female householders)
1,527 spouses, 1,999 children (1,756 natural, 56 adopted, 187 stepchildren), 65 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 29 other relatives, 117 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,240 (440 male householders (326 living alone)), 605 female householders (566 living alone)), 195 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 208 (196 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,009 2-persons, 400 3-persons, 367 4-persons, 140 5-persons, 56 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 892 1-person, 108 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 6 6-persons,
1,154 married couples with children.
512 single-parent households (117 men, 395 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 87
Here: | 11.7% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
Here: | 2.4% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
Here: | 9.7% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |