Garfield township, Calhoun County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 34.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 230 (all rural)
| Males: 124 |  (53.9%) |
| Females: 106 |  (46.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 230 (148 owner occupied, 82 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 36% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Garfield township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.1%
- Black: 0.4%
Median age of males: 40.0
Median age of females: 41.6
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Average household size: 2.61
| Garfield township: | 2.6 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.01
| Garfield township: | $44,815 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $369 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $73,710 (it was $56,700 in 2000)
| : | $73,710 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 18.6% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Garfield Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoir: Briggs Woods Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
72% of Garfield 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, 78% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 191
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 11
- South: 0
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 2.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 72
- Mobile homes: 9
Housing units in Garfield township with a mortgage: 8 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 34
- Food (15%)
- Construction (15%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Health care (13%)
- Food (12%)
- Computer and electronic products (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (18%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Garfield township:
- German (62.8%)
- United States or American (11.5%)
- Norwegian (10.9%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- English (3.8%)
- Danish (1.3%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 76 (81%)
- Carpooled: 11 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (2%)
- Walked: 3 (3%)
- Worked at home: 2 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (71%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (4%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 210- In family households: 192 (46 male householders, 14 female householders)
52 spouses, 72 children (70 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 18 (8 male householders (2 living alone)), 3 female householders (3 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 37 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5 1-person, 6 2-persons,
54 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (7 men, 1 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: 8
| Here: | 53.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |