Garden Grove township, Decatur County, Iowa (IA)

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Garden Grove township, IA map Land area: 35.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 428 (all rural)

Males: 227	(53.0%)
Females: 201	(47.0%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 428 (361 owner occupied, 67 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	16%
State:	28%

Races in Garden Grove township:

White Non-Hispanic: 99.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
Asian: 0.2%

Median age of males: 38.9
Median age of females: 41.9

Average houshold size: 2.59
Average family size: 3.10

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Population density: 12 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	12.7%
Whole state:	9.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	5.0%
Whole state:	3.8%

Cities in this township include: Garden Grove, Le Roy.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemeteries: Winters Cemetery, Morman Cemetery, Metier Cemetery, Doze Cemetery, Garden Grove Cemetery.

Creek: Weldon Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 364 (20% naturalized citizens)

Garden Grove township:	85.0%
State:	3.1%

42% of Garden Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Iowa.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 12171
Northeast: 376
Midwest: 2591
South: 4099
West: 1364

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,800

Garden Grove township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 5,655
One, attached: 248
Two: 214
3 or 4: 600
5 to 9: 272
10 to 19: 403
20 to 49: 222
50 or more: 237
Mobile homes: 405
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5

Median worth of mobile homes: $21,500

Housing units in Garden Grove township with a mortgage: 2,692 (400 second mortgage, 147 home equity loan, 21 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,471

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 312
1995 to 1998: 1,297
1990 to 1994: 786
1980 to 1989: 1,410
1970 to 1979: 1,837
1960 to 1969: 1,266
1950 to 1959: 678
1940 to 1949: 334
1939 or earlier: 341

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Garden Grove township, Iowa:

1 room: 13
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 90
4 rooms: 480
5 rooms: 1,463
6 rooms: 1,450
7 rooms: 738
8 rooms: 252
9 or more rooms: 347

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Garden Grove township, Iowa:

1 room: 30
2 rooms: 236
3 rooms: 516
4 rooms: 1,093
5 rooms: 477
6 rooms: 336
7 rooms: 59
8 rooms: 23
9 or more rooms: 20

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Garden Grove township:

no bedroom: 13
1 bedroom: 62
2 bedrooms: 843
3 bedrooms: 3,262
4 bedrooms: 568
5 or more bedrooms: 85

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Garden Grove township:

no bedroom: 30
1 bedroom: 627
2 bedrooms: 1,375
3 bedrooms: 699
4 bedrooms: 45
5 or more bedrooms: 14

Cars and other vehicles available in Garden Grove township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 105
1 vehicle: 1,223
2 vehicles: 2,378
3 vehicles: 881
4 vehicles: 177
5 or more vehicles: 69

Cars and other vehicles available in Garden Grove township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 399
1 vehicle: 1,411
2 vehicles: 794
3 vehicles: 140
4 vehicles: 40
5 or more vehicles: 6

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (33%)
Construction (9%)
Truck transportation (8%)
Food (7%)
Transportation equipment (6%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
Plastics and rubber products (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (13%)
Accommodation and food services (12%)
Educational services (10%)
U. S. Postal service (8%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (26%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (12%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Waiters and waitresses (6%)
Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Child care workers (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Garden Grove township:

United States or American (28.1%)
English (13.6%)
German (11.2%)
Irish (10.0%)
Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
Scottish (2.3%)
French (except Basque) (1.7%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (13%)
Canada (12%)
Other Eastern Europe (11%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (8%)
Romania (7%)
El Salvador (5%)
Germany (5%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 6,891 (80%)
Carpooled: 1,036 (12%)
Taxi: 6 (0%)
Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
Bicycle: 12 (0%)
Walked: 395 (5%)
Other means: 75 (1%)
Worked at home: 215 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (56%)
Electricity (38%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
Wood (2%)

95.7% of residents of Garden Grove township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 18,194

In family households: 15,433 (4,251 male householders, 1,014 female householders)
4,322 spouses, 5,004 children (4,471 natural, 263 adopted, 270 stepchildren), 249 grandchildren, 107 brothers or sisters, 89 parents, 181 other relatives, 216 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,761 (921 male householders (748 living alone)), 1,401 female householders (1,300 living alone)), 439 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,892 (310 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,471 2-persons, 1,205 3-persons, 1,080 4-persons, 380 5-persons, 84 6-persons, 45 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,048 1-person, 196 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 10 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons.

88 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (3 men, 24 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 243

Here:	12.1%
Iowa:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 177

Here:	17.9%
Iowa:	7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,661

Here:	76.6%
Iowa:	25.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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