Pleasant township, Cass County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,301 (all rural)
Males: 618 | (47.5%) |
Females: 683 | (52.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,247 (1,028 owner occupied, 219 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 18% |
State: | 28% |
Races in Pleasant township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.9%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.2%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 42.4
Median age of females: 43.6
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Average household size: 2.35
Pleasant township: | 2.4 people |
Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.91
Pleasant township: | $43,805 |
Iowa: | $52,229 |
Here: | $416 |
State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $89,943 (it was $63,900 in 2000)
: | $89,943 |
Iowa: | $126,900 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $134,000
Here: $134,000 State: $159,697
Townhouses or other attached units: $160,603
Here: $160,603 State: $193,868
In 2-unit structures: $88,046
Here: $88,046 State: $120,896
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $169,830
Here: $169,830 State: $122,004
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $115,967
Here: $115,967 State: $118,952
Mobile homes: $32,767
Here: $32,767 State: $46,008
Population density: 37 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 13.2% |
Whole state: | 9.1% |
This township: | 8.6% |
Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Griswold.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: McDill (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Pleasant Township Cemetery (1), Lowman Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
52% of Pleasant 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, 40% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 124
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 24
- South: 117
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
54 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 154
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,000
Housing units in Pleasant township with a mortgage: 37 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pleasant township:
- United States or American (26.5%)
- Irish (20.4%)
- English (12.8%)
- German (8.1%)
- French (except Basque) (5.7%)
- Czech (3.3%)
- Polish (2.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 93 (70%)
- Carpooled: 28 (21%)
- Worked at home: 12 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Wood (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Utility gas (2%)
54 people in nursing homes
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 302- In family households: 247 (77 male householders, 11 female householders)
71 spouses, 57 children (48 natural, 0 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 8 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 55 (16 male householders (16 living alone)), 30 female householders (20 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 50 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 36 1-person, 10 2-persons,
256 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (13 men, 35 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% |