Washington township, Keokuk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Washington township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
78% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 877
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 65
- South: 20
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 419
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,800
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 102 (7 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 161
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- United States or American (29.8%)
- German (26.6%)
- English (9.6%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Dutch (3.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.8%)
- Norwegian (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 297 (72%)
- Carpooled: 84 (20%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 22 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.0% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,000- In family households: 840 (226 male householders, 61 female householders)
234 spouses, 294 children (272 natural, 4 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 160 (57 male householders (52 living alone)), 92 female householders (88 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 158 2-persons, 41 3-persons, 46 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 20 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 140 1-person, 9 2-persons,
140 married couples with children.
70 single-parent households (28 men, 42 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% |