Glenwood township, Mills County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Glenwood township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
48% of Glenwood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3682
- Northeast: 66
- Midwest: 2047
- South: 226
- West: 470
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $49,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Glenwood township, Iowa:
- 367 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 114 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 71 people in nursing homes
- 32 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 15 people in institutions for the blind
- 14 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 13 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,796
- One, attached: 78
- Two: 90
- 3 or 4: 109
- 5 to 9: 65
- 10 to 19: 60
- 20 to 49: 62
- Mobile homes: 114
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,700
Housing units in Glenwood township with a mortgage: 974 (134 second mortgage, 113 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 434
- Construction (20%)
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (12%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Warehousing and storage (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (15%)
- Health care (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (20%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (18%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (12%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (14%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Glenwood township:
- German (35.2%)
- English (13.6%)
- Irish (12.2%)
- United States or American (7.6%)
- Danish (3.9%)
- Swedish (3.7%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (67%)
- Poland (17%)
- Thailand (11%)
- Germany (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,612 (82%)
- Carpooled: 414 (13%)
- Walked: 46 (1%)
- Other means: 30 (1%)
- Worked at home: 77 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
People in group quarters in Glenwood township, Iowa:
- 367 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 114 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 71 people in nursing homes
- 32 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 15 people in institutions for the blind
- 14 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 13 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
98.4% of residents of Glenwood township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,949- In family households: 5,185 (1,249 male householders, 389 female householders)
1,282 spouses, 1,967 children (1,651 natural, 79 adopted, 237 stepchildren), 108 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 149 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 764 (241 male householders (204 living alone)), 415 female householders (366 living alone)), 108 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 626 (473 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 674 2-persons, 389 3-persons, 322 4-persons, 177 5-persons, 47 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 570 1-person, 79 2-persons, 7 4-persons,
1,179 married couples with children.
402 single-parent households (67 men, 335 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 55
| Here: | 5.8% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 94
| Here: | 36.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |