Marcus township, Cherokee County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Marcus township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
71% of Marcus township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% 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: 1141
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 125
- South: 12
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
51 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 562
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Marcus township with a mortgage: 167 (14 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 225
- Food (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Apparel (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marcus township:
- German (47.8%)
- Swedish (7.5%)
- English (7.2%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- Danish (5.2%)
- Norwegian (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (36%)
- Vietnam (29%)
- United Kingdom (21%)
- Philippines (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 480 (80%)
- Carpooled: 54 (9%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 30 (5%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
51 people in nursing homes
96.6% of residents of Marcus township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,291- In family households: 1,107 (326 male householders, 35 female householders)
299 spouses, 427 children (396 natural, 14 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 1 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 184 (61 male householders (49 living alone)), 109 female householders (107 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 52 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 168 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 156 1-person, 14 2-persons,
270 married couples with children.
49 single-parent households (26 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 2.9% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 4.6% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
Here: | 32.1% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |