Peterson township, Clay County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (15% naturalized citizens)
| Peterson township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Peterson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 456
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 58
- South: 2
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 272
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $131,300
Housing units in Peterson township with a mortgage: 60 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 102
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Food (10%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Health care (24%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (12%)
- Social assistance (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (15%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Peterson township:
- German (44.4%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- Swedish (8.0%)
- Danish (7.0%)
- English (7.0%)
- Norwegian (6.7%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (46%)
- Germany (23%)
- France (15%)
- Canada (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 201 (75%)
- Carpooled: 23 (9%)
- Walked: 18 (7%)
- Worked at home: 25 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (3%)
97.7% of residents of Peterson township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 22% speak English not well, 44% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 544- In family households: 431 (135 male householders, 27 female householders)
137 spouses, 111 children (109 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 113 (52 male householders (40 living alone)), 49 female householders (49 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 101 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 12 2-persons,
85 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (2 men, 19 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: 5
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |