Grant township, Taylor County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 214 (14% naturalized citizens)
| Grant township: | 213.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
45% of Grant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 21% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4878
- Northeast: 255
- Midwest: 2270
- South: 3328
- West: 1600
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $91,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
37 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,585
- One, attached: 113
- Two: 373
- 3 or 4: 303
- 5 to 9: 172
- 10 to 19: 215
- 20 to 49: 112
- 50 or more: 39
- Mobile homes: 373
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,600
Housing units in Grant township with a mortgage: 1,678 (138 second mortgage, 81 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 832
- Food (16%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Construction (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Food (13%)
- Health care (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grant township:
- United States or American (15.3%)
- German (14.1%)
- English (10.9%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- European (4.1%)
- Scottish (2.7%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (43%)
- El Salvador (22%)
- Guatemala (11%)
- Honduras (5%)
- Other South America (3%)
- United Kingdom (2%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,107 (78%)
- Carpooled: 816 (12%)
- Motorcycle: 23 (0%)
- Bicycle: 20 (0%)
- Walked: 381 (6%)
- Other means: 49 (1%)
- Worked at home: 166 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
37 people in nursing homes
86.7% of residents of Grant township speak English at home.
11.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,718- In family households: 11,081 (2,808 male householders, 621 female householders)
2,888 spouses, 3,969 children (3,621 natural, 115 adopted, 233 stepchildren), 224 grandchildren, 100 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 171 other relatives, 271 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,637 (574 male householders (454 living alone)), 803 female householders (744 living alone)), 260 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 815 (29 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,422 2-persons, 741 3-persons, 684 4-persons, 347 5-persons, 160 6-persons, 75 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,198 1-person, 143 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 11 5-persons,
79 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (4 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
| Here: | 2.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 66
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 851
| Here: | 74.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |