Wall Lake township, Sac County, Iowa (IA)

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Wall Lake township, IA map Land area: 35.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.1 sq. mi.
Population: 1,587 (all rural)

Males: 752	(47.4%)
Females: 835	(52.6%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 1,551 (1,210 owner occupied, 341 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	22%
State:	28%

Races in Wall Lake township:

White Non-Hispanic: 98.9%
Black: 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 0.1%
Two or more races: 0.3%

Median age of males: 46.8
Median age of females: 49.3

Average houshold size: 2.25
Average family size: 2.80

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Population density: 45 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	10.9%
Whole state:	9.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	3.8%
Whole state:	3.8%

Cities in this township include: Lake View.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemetery: Ferguson Cemetery.

Number of foreign born residents: 8 (75% naturalized citizens)

Wall Lake township:	0.5%
State:	3.1%

65% of Wall Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Iowa.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 1365
Northeast: 9
Midwest: 151
South: 40
West: 31

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $73,000

Wall Lake township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

36 people in nursing homes

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 823
One, attached: 5
Two: 6
3 or 4: 28
5 to 9: 22
10 to 19: 9
Mobile homes: 59

Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500

Housing units in Wall Lake township with a mortgage: 180 (9 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 266

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 4
1995 to 1998: 10
1990 to 1994: 44
1980 to 1989: 65
1970 to 1979: 149
1960 to 1969: 156
1950 to 1959: 148
1940 to 1949: 136
1939 or earlier: 240

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wall Lake township, Iowa:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 4
4 rooms: 68
5 rooms: 116
6 rooms: 90
7 rooms: 91
8 rooms: 75
9 or more rooms: 74

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wall Lake township, Iowa:

1 room: 6
2 rooms: 4
3 rooms: 19
4 rooms: 43
5 rooms: 45
6 rooms: 30
7 rooms: 13
8 rooms: 7
9 or more rooms: 5

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Wall Lake township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 12
2 bedrooms: 158
3 bedrooms: 207
4 bedrooms: 112
5 or more bedrooms: 29

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wall Lake township:

no bedroom: 6
1 bedroom: 29
2 bedrooms: 69
3 bedrooms: 44
4 bedrooms: 22
5 or more bedrooms: 2

Cars and other vehicles available in Wall Lake township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 10
1 vehicle: 129
2 vehicles: 270
3 vehicles: 75
4 vehicles: 21
5 or more vehicles: 13

Cars and other vehicles available in Wall Lake township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 16
1 vehicle: 97
2 vehicles: 41
3 vehicles: 18
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
Construction (13%)
Truck transportation (8%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Food (5%)
Public administration (4%)
Warehousing and storage (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (21%)
Educational services (11%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Personal and laundry services (6%)
Social assistance (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
Farmers and farm managers (11%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Personal appearance workers (5%)
Child care workers (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Wall Lake township:

German (63.8%)
United States or American (7.4%)
Irish (5.6%)
English (4.3%)
Swedish (3.7%)
Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
Danish (2.0%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Canada (50%)
Italy (25%)
Thailand (25%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 555 (81%)
Carpooled: 59 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
Walked: 32 (5%)
Other means: 6 (1%)
Worked at home: 30 (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
Utility gas (32%)
Electricity (21%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
Wood (1%)

36 people in nursing homes

98.5% of residents of Wall Lake township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 1,570

In family households: 1,315 (392 male householders, 74 female householders)
393 spouses, 439 children (385 natural, 6 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 255 (85 male householders (72 living alone)), 146 female householders (131 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 36 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 269 2-persons, 83 3-persons, 71 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 203 1-person, 28 2-persons.

275 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (9 men, 50 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: 18

Here:	45.0%
Iowa:	25.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Wall Lake township:

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