Lincoln township, Shelby County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 33.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 376 (all rural)
Males: 185 | (49.2%) |
Females: 191 | (50.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 332 (247 owner occupied, 85 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 26% |
State: | 28% |
Races in Lincoln township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.1%
- Asian: 0.5%
Median age of males: 38.0
Median age of females: 36.4
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Average household size: 2.96
Lincoln township: | 3.0 people |
Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.33
Lincoln township: | $49,146 |
Iowa: | $52,229 |
Here: | $430 |
State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $106,890 (it was $77,000 in 2000)
: | $106,890 |
Iowa: | $126,900 |
Population density: 11 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 2.4% |
Whole state: | 9.1% |
This township: | 2.4% |
Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Shelby County Farm (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Lincoln Township Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
65% of Lincoln township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 308
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 59
- South: 5
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
People in group quarters in Lincoln township, Iowa:
- 39 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 125
Housing units in Lincoln township with a mortgage: 40 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7
- Construction (28%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Utilities (11%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (22%)
- Personal and laundry services (15%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (21%)
- Construction laborers (16%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (4%)
- Cashiers (12%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (10%)
- Personal appearance workers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Therapists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lincoln township:
- German (56.7%)
- Danish (20.4%)
- English (11.1%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- United States or American (2.8%)
- British (2.2%)
- Irish (1.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 131 (73%)
- Carpooled: 16 (9%)
- Walked: 7 (4%)
- Worked at home: 26 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Solar energy (2%)
People in group quarters in Lincoln township, Iowa:
- 39 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in religious group quarters
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 329- In family households: 308 (99 male householders, 6 female householders)
85 spouses, 112 children (101 natural, 11 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 21 (19 male householders (19 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 43 (35 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 64 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 21 1-person,
108 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (0 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
Here: | 1.8% |
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% |