Garfield township, Ida County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 12 (0% naturalized citizens)
Garfield township: | 11.5% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
44% 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, 72% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 980
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 138
- South: 188
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 364
- Mobile homes: 205
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,700
Housing units in Garfield township with a mortgage: 149 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 43
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Food (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Health care (13%)
- Food (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Garfield township:
- United States or American (51.2%)
- Irish (17.3%)
- German (7.6%)
- Greek (3.1%)
- English (2.5%)
- European (2.5%)
- Italian (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 614 (84%)
- Carpooled: 85 (12%)
- Subway or elevated: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (2%)
- Worked at home: 10 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.8% of residents of Garfield township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,356- In family households: 1,215 (335 male householders, 57 female householders)
363 spouses, 399 children (372 natural, 17 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 12 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 141 (71 male householders (71 living alone)), 37 female householders (9 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 177 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 80 1-person, 19 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
48 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (1 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 6.3% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 27
Here: | 27.0% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |