Grant township, Grundy County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Grant township: | 6.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Grant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4694
- Northeast: 193
- Midwest: 1335
- South: 1559
- West: 351
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,175
- One, attached: 32
- Two: 236
- 3 or 4: 82
- 5 to 9: 62
- 10 to 19: 81
- 20 to 49: 113
- 50 or more: 11
- Mobile homes: 491
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,900
Housing units in Grant township with a mortgage: 1,187 (133 second mortgage, 50 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 925
- Construction (17%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (16%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grant township:
- United States or American (24.8%)
- German (13.3%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- English (10.9%)
- French (except Basque) (5.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.8%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (36%)
- United Kingdom (32%)
- India (14%)
- Other Northern Europe (10%)
- Germany (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,708 (78%)
- Carpooled: 602 (17%)
- Walked: 76 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 80 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (3%)
97.8% of residents of Grant township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well, 25% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,004- In family households: 6,661 (1,989 male householders, 443 female householders)
1,972 spouses, 1,870 children (1,718 natural, 18 adopted, 134 stepchildren), 128 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 38 parents, 76 other relatives, 134 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,343 (416 male householders (359 living alone)), 797 female householders (765 living alone)), 130 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 257 (236 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,425 2-persons, 501 3-persons, 317 4-persons, 140 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,124 1-person, 80 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
303 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (23 men, 48 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 0.1% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 2.8% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 24
| Here: | 11.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |