Grandview township, Louisa County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 38.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 1,505 (all rural)
| Males: 733 |  (48.7%) |
| Females: 772 |  (51.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,505 (1,213 owner occupied, 292 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Grandview township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 93.2%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.5%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 36.6
Median age of females: 37.1
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Average household size: 2.72
| Grandview township: | 2.7 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.12
| Grandview township: | $50,960 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $440 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $97,395 (it was $66,400 in 2000)
| : | $97,395 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 39 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 15.5% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 13.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Grandview, Letts.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Grandview township: Highway 61 Access (A), Louisa County Ambulance Letts Base (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Thompson Cemetery (1), Brockway Cemetery (2), Wier Cemetery (3), Grandview Cemetery (4), Wagner Cemetery (5), Mount Hope Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Klum Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Whisky Run (A), Turkey Run (B), Indian Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Grandview township include: Indian Slough Wildlife Area (1), Langwood 4-H Reserve (2), Klum Lake State Game Mgt Area (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
69% of Grandview township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 600
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 23
- South: 131
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $16,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 274
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 133
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,800
Housing units in Grandview township with a mortgage: 31 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Construction (17%)
- Chemicals (13%)
- Paper (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Health care (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Food (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grandview township:
- United States or American (38.2%)
- English (12.9%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- German (6.9%)
- Italian (4.1%)
- African (1.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 219 (82%)
- Carpooled: 23 (9%)
- Walked: 6 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 13 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Electricity (37%)
- Wood (13%)
- Utility gas (2%)
97.4% of residents of Grandview township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 766- In family households: 668 (175 male householders, 26 female householders)
178 spouses, 240 children (224 natural, 10 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 45 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 98 (67 male householders (67 living alone)), 31 female householders (31 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 73 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 98 1-person,
294 married couples with children.
92 single-parent households (23 men, 69 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 24.6% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 12.1% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |