Franklin township, Allamakee County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 397 (all rural)
Males: 214 | (53.9%) |
Females: 183 | (46.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 397 (333 owner occupied, 64 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 16% |
State: | 28% |
Races in Franklin township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 38.0
Median age of females: 38.4
Discuss Iowa on our huge forum. We have over 16 million posts!
Average household size: 2.66
Franklin township: | 2.7 people |
Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.99
Franklin township: | $49,195 |
Iowa: | $52,229 |
Here: | $387 |
State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $116,793 (it was $69,900 in 2000)
: | $116,793 |
Iowa: | $126,900 |
Population density: 11 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 8.3% |
Whole state: | 9.1% |
This township: | 8.3% |
Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Manchester (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Smithfield Cemetery (1), Hardin Cemetery (2), Bailey Plot (3), Volney Cemetery (4), Cummings Plot (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bear Creek (A), Hickory Creek (B), Williams Creek (C), Penny Springs (D), Norfolk Creek (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
64% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 374
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 54
- South: 7
- West: 5
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 155
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,900
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 27 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 30
- Wood products (38%)
- Paper (22%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (11%)
- Health care (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Construction (5%)
- Social assistance (22%)
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Food (15%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (13%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Repair and maintenance (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (33%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (22%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (13%)
- Financial managers (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (64.6%)
- Norwegian (16.7%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- English (4.8%)
- European (3.9%)
- Austrian (1.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 189 (72%)
- Carpooled: 20 (8%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 50 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (61%)
- Wood (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Other fuel (4%)
- Electricity (2%)
95.9% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 446- In family households: 371 (101 male householders, 19 female householders)
99 spouses, 143 children (121 natural, 0 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 75 (26 male householders (21 living alone)), 30 female householders (20 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 46 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 41 1-person, 10 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
83 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (10 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
Here: | 23.4% |
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% |