Greeley township, Shelby County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 241 (all rural)
| Males: 122 |  (50.6%) |
| Females: 119 |  (49.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 241 (186 owner occupied, 55 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 23% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Greeley township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.6%
Median age of males: 40.9
Median age of females: 40.2
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Average household size: 2.62
| Greeley township: | 2.6 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.95
| Greeley township: | $49,146 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $430 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $106,890 (it was $77,000 in 2000)
| : | $106,890 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Astor Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Greeley township: Vern and Wilmer Petersen Wildlife Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
89% of Greeley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 242
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 27
- South: 4
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 99
- Mobile homes: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Greeley township with a mortgage: 22 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 26
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (39%)
- Truck transportation (15%)
- Construction (8%)
- Food (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (4%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (18%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (15%)
- Warehousing and storage (8%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (35%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Food processing workers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (16%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (15%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (11%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Greeley township:
- German (58.9%)
- Danish (15.5%)
- Irish (14.6%)
- Norwegian (3.7%)
- Scottish (2.7%)
- English (1.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 110 (65%)
- Carpooled: 32 (19%)
- Walked: 10 (6%)
- Worked at home: 17 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (4%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 276- In family households: 250 (66 male householders, 11 female householders)
72 spouses, 97 children (97 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 26 (11 male householders (11 living alone)), 13 female householders (12 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 34 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 23 1-person, 1 2-persons,
50 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (2 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |