Lee township, Polk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 25.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population: 62,061 (100% urban, 0% rural)
Males: 30,154 | (48.6%) |
Females: 31,907 | (51.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 60,963 (42,830 owner occupied, 18,133 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 30% |
State: | 28% |
Races in Lee township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 77.5%
- Black: 7.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 3.9%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 8.8%
- Two or more races: 1.6%
- Some other race: 0.2%
Median age of males: 33.0
Median age of females: 34.5
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Average household size: 2.59
Lee township: | 2.6 people |
Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.11
Lee township: | $59,328 |
Iowa: | $52,229 |
Here: | $688 |
State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $156,600 (it was $100,100 in 2000)
: | $156,600 |
Iowa: | $126,900 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $185,794
Here: $185,794 State: $159,697
Townhouses or other attached units: $273,530
Here: $273,530 State: $193,868
In 2-unit structures: $129,213
Here: $129,213 State: $120,896
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $193,499
Here: $193,499 State: $122,004
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $120,575
Here: $120,575 State: $118,952
Mobile homes: $21,166
Here: $21,166 State: $46,008
Population density: 2459 people per square mile | (very high). |
This township: | 25.7% |
Whole state: | 9.1% |
This township: | 10.0% |
Whole state: | 3.8% |
58% of Lee 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, 90% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 136
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 9
- South: 21
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Lee township, Iowa:
- 528 people in nursing homes
- 185 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 161 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 42 people in other group homes
- 41 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 39 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 34 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 25 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 19 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 13 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 11 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 62
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,800
Housing units in Lee township with a mortgage: 12 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0
- Construction (14%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (16%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lee township:
- United States or American (21.5%)
- Irish (15.4%)
- French (except Basque) (12.3%)
- German (10.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 36 (59%)
- Carpooled: 19 (31%)
- Worked at home: 6 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (10%)
People in group quarters in Lee township, Iowa:
- 528 people in nursing homes
- 185 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 161 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 42 people in other group homes
- 41 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 39 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 34 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 25 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 19 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 13 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 11 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 144- In family households: 125 (34 male householders, 7 female householders)
31 spouses, 36 children (36 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 19 (6 male householders (0 living alone)), 7 female householders (7 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 29 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 20 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 7 1-person, 6 2-persons,
9,533 married couples with children.
5,347 single-parent households (1,214 men, 4,133 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 undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |