Jefferson township, Wayne County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (100% naturalized citizens)
Jefferson township: | 4.8% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
64% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 210
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 100
- South: 47
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 199
- Mobile homes: 28
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,600
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 60 (0 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 47
- Construction (20%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (18%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (13%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Public administration (26%)
- Health care (14%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (14%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (12%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (12%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Financial managers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- English (23.9%)
- United States or American (14.9%)
- German (10.4%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.5%)
- Welsh (4.2%)
- Polish (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (50%)
- Italy (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 147 (86%)
- Carpooled: 23 (13%)
- Worked at home: 1 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (53%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Wood (12%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.7% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 416- In family households: 375 (119 male householders, 20 female householders)
140 spouses, 92 children (90 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 41 (15 male householders (14 living alone)), 21 female householders (18 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 90 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 32 1-person, 4 2-persons,
16 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (0 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 6.9% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 12.5% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |