Reading township, Calhoun County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Reading township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
71% of Reading township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 482
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 60
- South: 11
- West: 18
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 252
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 10
Housing units in Reading township with a mortgage: 96 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 76
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Gasoline stations (4%)
- Health care (31%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (3%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electricians (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (23%)
- Registered nurses (14%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Reading township:
- German (32.5%)
- English (19.3%)
- United States or American (10.7%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Swedish (7.4%)
- Norwegian (5.0%)
- Danish (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 226 (80%)
- Carpooled: 27 (10%)
- Walked: 8 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
98.6% of residents of Reading township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 582- In family households: 496 (145 male householders, 30 female householders)
147 spouses, 151 children (125 natural, 5 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 86 (31 male householders (26 living alone)), 49 female householders (49 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 102 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 75 1-person, 5 2-persons,
96 married couples with children.
25 single-parent households (4 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 8.7% |
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: 2
Here: | 16.7% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |