Jefferson township, Taylor County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
Jefferson township: | 1.7% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
78% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 171
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 94
- South: 3
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 133
- 3 or 4: 1
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 12 (2 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 44
- Construction (26%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (21%)
- Wood products (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (23%)
- Construction laborers (10%)
- Carpenters (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (16%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (16%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Top executives (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Art and design workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- Irish (24.6%)
- German (21.4%)
- United States or American (19.0%)
- English (16.7%)
- Swedish (4.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 60 (60%)
- Carpooled: 27 (27%)
- Walked: 1 (1%)
- Worked at home: 12 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (76%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 291- In family households: 226 (79 male householders, 8 female householders)
66 spouses, 70 children (65 natural, 5 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 65 (30 male householders (25 living alone)), 23 female householders (17 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 53 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 42 1-person, 11 2-persons,
47 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (1 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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% |