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Garden Grove township, Decatur County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 85 (20% naturalized citizens)

Garden Grove township:

85.0%
Whole 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


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%

No gay or lesbian households reported
Garden Grove township, IA map Garden Grove township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


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 renter-occupied apartments

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

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

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:

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

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)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Garden Grove township:

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