Silver Creek township, Ida County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 155 (all rural)
| Males: 74 |  (47.7%) |
| Females: 81 |  (52.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 155 (96 owner occupied, 59 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 38% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Silver Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 37.8
Median age of females: 36.5
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Average household size: 2.58
| Silver Creek township: | 2.6 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.02
| Silver Creek township: | $43,773 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $306 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $77,998 (it was $59,400 in 2000)
| : | $77,998 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 4 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 23.0% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Silver Creek Townhall (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Silver Creek township: Silver Creek Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: South Silver Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
87% of Silver Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 175
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 12
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 63
- One, attached: 4
Housing units in Silver Creek township with a mortgage: 7 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Food (14%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Public administration (20%)
- Food (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (7%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (10%)
- Food processing workers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other financial specialists (4%)
- Secondary school teachers (4%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Silver Creek township:
- German (60.7%)
- United States or American (20.7%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- English (5.5%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
- Swedish (2.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 63 (74%)
- Carpooled: 7 (8%)
- Worked at home: 15 (18%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
97.7% of residents of Silver Creek township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 187- In family households: 181 (56 male householders, 3 female householders)
51 spouses, 71 children (63 natural, 0 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 6 (6 male householders (6 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 35 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 12 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 6 1-person,
40 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (1 men, 0 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |