Garner township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa (IA)

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Garner township, IA map Land area: 28.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 4,674 (63% urban, 37% rural)

Males: 2,295	(49.1%)
Females: 2,379	(50.9%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 4,309 (3,683 owner occupied, 626 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	15%
State:	28%

Races in Garner township:

White Non-Hispanic: 96.5%
Black: 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 0.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 1.3%
Two or more races: 0.7%

Median age of males: 38.8
Median age of females: 38.8

Average houshold size: 2.67
Average family size: 2.99

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Population density: 167 people per square mile

(high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	13.0%
Whole state:	9.1%

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

This township:	3.9%
Whole state:	3.8%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Notable locations in Garner township: Gilliatt, Westfair Fairground, Chautauqua, Confederate Air Force Museum.

Churches in Garner township include: Central Baptist Church, Changing Hearts Church.

Cemeteries: Garner Cemetery, Graybill Cemetery.

Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)

Garner township:	0.0%
State:	3.1%

49% of Garner township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Iowa.

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

This state: 588
Northeast: 23
Midwest: 74
South: 88
West: 76

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000

Garner township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

324 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
41 people in nursing homes

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 266
One, attached: 4
Two: 12
3 or 4: 8
20 to 49: 4
Mobile homes: 79

Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200

Housing units in Garner township with a mortgage: 89 (3 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 63

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 19
1995 to 1998: 52
1990 to 1994: 34
1980 to 1989: 74
1970 to 1979: 87
1960 to 1969: 31
1950 to 1959: 14
1940 to 1949: 29
1939 or earlier: 33

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Garner township, Iowa:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 4
3 rooms: 28
4 rooms: 39
5 rooms: 75
6 rooms: 78
7 rooms: 29
8 rooms: 13
9 or more rooms: 9

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Garner township, Iowa:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 4
3 rooms: 10
4 rooms: 24
5 rooms: 21
6 rooms: 2
7 rooms: 2
8 rooms: 2
9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Garner township:

no bedroom: 2
1 bedroom: 15
2 bedrooms: 82
3 bedrooms: 147
4 bedrooms: 27
5 or more bedrooms: 2

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Garner township:

no bedroom: 2
1 bedroom: 6
2 bedrooms: 31
3 bedrooms: 24
4 bedrooms: 2
5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

no vehicle: 16
1 vehicle: 71
2 vehicles: 117
3 vehicles: 54
4 vehicles: 13
5 or more vehicles: 4

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

no vehicle: 11
1 vehicle: 33
2 vehicles: 21
3 vehicles: 0
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Construction (11%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Public administration (6%)
Rail transportation (4%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
Educational services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (17%)
Educational services (16%)
Finance and insurance (12%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
Social assistance (4%)
Broadcasting and telecommunications (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Computer specialists (5%)
Top executives (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Registered nurses (6%)
Customer service representatives (6%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Garner township:

United States or American (38.7%)
Irish (12.6%)
English (7.7%)
German (6.9%)
Polish (3.4%)
French (except Basque) (3.2%)
French Canadian (2.8%)

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

Germany (100%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 294 (78%)
Carpooled: 72 (19%)
Walked: 5 (1%)
Worked at home: 6 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
Electricity (26%)
Wood (24%)
Utility gas (2%)

324 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
41 people in nursing homes

98.6% of residents of Garner township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 851

In family households: 751 (182 male householders, 61 female householders)
198 spouses, 273 children (248 natural, 7 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 2 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 100 (30 male householders (28 living alone)), 61 female householders (56 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 108 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 84 1-person, 4 2-persons, 3 3-persons.

870 married couples with children.
137 single-parent households (41 men, 96 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): 3

Here:	4.3%
Iowa:	7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0

Here:	0.0%
Iowa:	25.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

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