Garfield township, Clay County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Garfield township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
53% of Garfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1474
- Northeast: 50
- Midwest: 199
- South: 181
- West: 134
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 677
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 22
- Mobile homes: 90
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Garfield township with a mortgage: 391 (13 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 155
- Construction (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Textile mills and textile products (12%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Business operations specialists (12%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Garfield township:
- United States or American (35.1%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- French (except Basque) (10.1%)
- German (8.1%)
- English (6.2%)
- Italian (5.4%)
- Latvian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 973 (83%)
- Carpooled: 168 (14%)
- Worked at home: 35 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.4% of residents of Garfield township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,043- In family households: 1,850 (524 male householders, 47 female householders)
509 spouses, 685 children (613 natural, 21 adopted, 51 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 24 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 193 (92 male householders (92 living alone)), 101 female householders (101 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 223 2-persons, 160 3-persons, 113 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 193 1-person,
64 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (5 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 2.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 35.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |