Glidden township, Carroll County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 17 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Glidden township: | 16.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Glidden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6934
- Northeast: 469
- Midwest: 3971
- South: 2520
- West: 852
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $89,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
127 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,706
- One, attached: 605
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 146
- 5 to 9: 66
- 10 to 19: 3
- 20 to 49: 39
- 50 or more: 25
- Mobile homes: 1,531
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 32
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,800
Housing units in Glidden township with a mortgage: 2,008 (142 second mortgage, 140 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,216
- Construction (19%)
- Wood products (9%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Glidden township:
- United States or American (21.2%)
- German (17.8%)
- English (11.7%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.9%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
- Norwegian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (28%)
- Mexico (20%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- France (10%)
- Canada (9%)
- Poland (9%)
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,317 (83%)
- Carpooled: 560 (11%)
- Walked: 77 (1%)
- Other means: 32 (1%)
- Worked at home: 199 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Wood (5%)
127 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
97.6% of residents of Glidden township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,057- In family households: 13,296 (4,303 male householders, 705 female householders)
4,450 spouses, 3,093 children (2,692 natural, 70 adopted, 331 stepchildren), 250 grandchildren, 89 brothers or sisters, 57 parents, 131 other relatives, 218 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,761 (576 male householders (498 living alone)), 1,027 female householders (971 living alone)), 158 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 3,177 2-persons, 826 3-persons, 673 4-persons, 226 5-persons, 73 6-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,469 1-person, 132 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
305 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (27 men, 42 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 73
| Here: | 5.5% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 56
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 30
| Here: | 11.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |