Grant township, Franklin County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Grant township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Grant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1660
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 90
- South: 196
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $29,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 764
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 31
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 3
- 20 to 49: 8
- 50 or more: 7
- Mobile homes: 91
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,000
Housing units in Grant township with a mortgage: 249 (16 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 216
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other financial specialists (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grant township:
- United States or American (34.1%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- German (8.4%)
- English (6.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Czech (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Austria (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 815 (90%)
- Carpooled: 54 (6%)
- Walked: 17 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 12 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Electricity (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (4%)
98.5% of residents of Grant township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 35% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,925- In family households: 1,635 (423 male householders, 146 female householders)
459 spouses, 521 children (464 natural, 20 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 15 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 290 (128 male householders (102 living alone)), 132 female householders (124 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 72 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 290 2-persons, 128 3-persons, 112 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 226 1-person, 31 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
69 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (9 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 0.9% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |