Grant township, Ida County, Iowa (IA)

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Grant township, IA map Land area: 35.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 210 (all rural)

Males: 114	(54.3%)
Females: 96	(45.7%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 210 (173 owner occupied, 37 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	18%
State:	28%

Races in Grant township:

White Non-Hispanic: 99.5%
Asian: 0.5%

Median age of males: 39.0
Median age of females: 39.0

Average houshold size: 2.88
Average family size: 3.25

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Population density: 6 people per square mile

(very low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	24.3%
Whole state:	9.1%

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

This township:	12.3%
Whole state:	3.8%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemetery: Grant Cemetery.

Number of foreign born residents: 7 (71% naturalized citizens)

Grant township:	3.3%
State:	3.1%

62% of Grant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 16% lived in Iowa.

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

This state: 642
Northeast: 0
Midwest: 25
South: 301
West: 13

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

Grant township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 280
Two: 3
Mobile homes: 104

Median worth of mobile homes: $23,400

Housing units in Grant township with a mortgage: 87 (3 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 97

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 13
1995 to 1998: 30
1990 to 1994: 13
1980 to 1989: 77
1970 to 1979: 66
1960 to 1969: 63
1950 to 1959: 31
1940 to 1949: 53
1939 or earlier: 41

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

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 4
3 rooms: 11
4 rooms: 68
5 rooms: 74
6 rooms: 66
7 rooms: 41
8 rooms: 36
9 or more rooms: 9

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

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 6
3 rooms: 2
4 rooms: 16
5 rooms: 6
6 rooms: 1
7 rooms: 2
8 rooms: 2
9 or more rooms: 0

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

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 10
2 bedrooms: 80
3 bedrooms: 188
4 bedrooms: 31
5 or more bedrooms: 0

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Grant township:

no bedroom: 1
1 bedroom: 7
2 bedrooms: 20
3 bedrooms: 5
4 bedrooms: 0
5 or more bedrooms: 2

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

no vehicle: 20
1 vehicle: 109
2 vehicles: 115
3 vehicles: 47
4 vehicles: 4
5 or more vehicles: 14

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

no vehicle: 10
1 vehicle: 15
2 vehicles: 10
3 vehicles: 0
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Wood products (13%)
Chemicals (11%)
Construction (9%)
Public administration (9%)
Food (9%)
Educational services (8%)
Repair and maintenance (6%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (17%)
Educational services (15%)
Accommodation and food services (12%)
Public administration (7%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
Food (5%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (22%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Registered nurses (6%)
Bus drivers (6%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
Registered nurses (7%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Food processing workers (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Grant township:

Irish (19.9%)
United States or American (8.4%)
English (4.0%)
German (2.5%)
Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
French (except Basque) (1.5%)
Dutch (0.9%)

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

Mexico (57%)
Other South Eastern Asia (43%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 270 (75%)
Carpooled: 70 (19%)
Walked: 10 (3%)
Other means: 10 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (61%)
Electricity (26%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
Wood (2%)

97.1% of residents of Grant township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (36% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 43% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 951

In family households: 863 (205 male householders, 58 female householders)
193 spouses, 327 children (304 natural, 3 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 14 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 88 (27 male householders (21 living alone)), 49 female householders (49 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 40 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 112 2-persons, 61 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 70 1-person, 4 2-persons, 2 4-persons.

69 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (0 men, 2 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10

Here:	6.0%
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: 6

Here:	17.6%
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 Grant township:

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