Marion township, Henry County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Marion township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1054
- Northeast: 68
- Midwest: 179
- South: 224
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 632
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 214
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 202 (22 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 151
- Construction (29%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Machinery (13%)
- Chemicals (12%)
- Health care (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Other direct selling establishments (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- United States or American (32.3%)
- Irish (14.4%)
- German (12.5%)
- English (11.4%)
- Norwegian (3.5%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 504 (85%)
- Carpooled: 58 (10%)
- Walked: 9 (2%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 20 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Wood (11%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.6% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,567- In family households: 1,377 (418 male householders, 102 female householders)
480 spouses, 328 children (275 natural, 13 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 8 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 190 (63 male householders (63 living alone)), 112 female householders (96 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 322 2-persons, 130 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 159 1-person, 16 2-persons,
78 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (7 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |