Madison township, Poweshiek County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
Madison township: | 2.0% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
72% of Madison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% 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: 2054
- Northeast: 149
- Midwest: 29
- South: 222
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
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: 781
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 7
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 267
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Madison township with a mortgage: 257 (7 second mortgage, 41 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 275
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Food (8%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Food (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Madison township:
- English (17.0%)
- United States or American (13.7%)
- German (4.4%)
- Irish (2.3%)
- French (except Basque) (0.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (0.8%)
- Scottish (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (64%)
- Philippines (36%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 699 (73%)
- Carpooled: 202 (21%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 18 (2%)
- Other means: 15 (2%)
- Worked at home: 12 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- No fuel used (2%)
96.6% of residents of Madison township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,491- In family households: 2,235 (573 male householders, 159 female householders)
558 spouses, 690 children (599 natural, 18 adopted, 73 stepchildren), 109 grandchildren, 43 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 48 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 256 (89 male householders (78 living alone)), 147 female householders (140 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 320 2-persons, 176 3-persons, 143 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 44 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 218 1-person, 13 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
136 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (5 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
Here: | 5.8% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
Here: | 12.2% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
Here: | 25.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |