Garnavillo township, Clayton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Garnavillo township: | 4.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Garnavillo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2307
- Northeast: 59
- Midwest: 428
- South: 589
- West: 175
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
16 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,241
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 50
- 5 to 9: 36
- 10 to 19: 7
- 20 to 49: 54
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 365
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,000
Housing units in Garnavillo township with a mortgage: 343 (19 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 370
- Construction (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Garnavillo township:
- United States or American (41.0%)
- English (11.1%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- German (9.1%)
- Scottish (3.3%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
- British (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Thailand (27%)
- United Kingdom (24%)
- Laos (17%)
- Philippines (17%)
- Australia (10%)
- Netherlands (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,110 (79%)
- Carpooled: 223 (16%)
- Walked: 21 (1%)
- Other means: 27 (2%)
- Worked at home: 32 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (42%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Wood (7%)
22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
16 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.3% of residents of Garnavillo township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 54% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,429- In family households: 2,863 (837 male householders, 164 female householders)
872 spouses, 828 children (730 natural, 17 adopted, 81 stepchildren), 79 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 9 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 566 (201 male householders (177 living alone)), 315 female householders (292 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 177 (164 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 504 2-persons, 244 3-persons, 179 4-persons, 67 5-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 469 1-person, 42 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
153 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (10 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 17.2% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |