Garfield township, Hancock County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Garfield township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Garfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 203
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 4
- South: 28
- West: 20
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
46 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 74
- Mobile homes: 49
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,400
Housing units in Garfield township with a mortgage: 11 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 18
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (36%)
- Machinery (14%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (31%)
- Finance and insurance (22%)
- Health care (11%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (28%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Secondary school teachers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (25%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (19%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Garfield township:
- United States or American (29.3%)
- German (4.8%)
- English (3.0%)
- African (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (60%)
- Philippines (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 88 (92%)
- Carpooled: 5 (5%)
- Worked at home: 3 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Wood (25%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Utility gas (11%)
46 people in nursing homes
97.8% of residents of Garfield township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 262- In family households: 218 (47 male householders, 15 female householders)
53 spouses, 86 children (70 natural, 0 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 44 (22 male householders (17 living alone)), 5 female householders (2 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 21 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 19 1-person, 3 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
104 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (4 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |