Grant township, Linn County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,235 (all rural)
| Males: 616 |  (49.9%) |
| Females: 619 |  (50.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,235 (999 owner occupied, 236 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Grant township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 36.6
Median age of females: 37.2
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Average household size: 2.71
| Grant township: | 2.7 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.08
| Grant township: | $56,151 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $571 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $145,400 (it was $97,200 in 2000)
| : | $145,400 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $170,101
Here: $170,101 State: $159,697
Townhouses or other attached units: $146,372
Here: $146,372 State: $193,868
In 2-unit structures: $99,089
Here: $99,089 State: $120,896
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $96,903
Here: $96,903 State: $122,004
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $131,720
Here: $131,720 State: $118,952
Mobile homes: $27,841
Here: $27,841 State: $46,008
| Population density: 34 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 3.5% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Walker.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Davis Cemetery (1), Walker Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
69% of Grant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1102
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 89
- South: 17
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 421
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Grant township with a mortgage: 169 (4 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 89
- Construction (19%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secondary school teachers (4%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grant township:
- German (40.8%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- Czech (10.3%)
- English (9.5%)
- United States or American (7.2%)
- Norwegian (5.6%)
- Danish (3.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 473 (79%)
- Carpooled: 63 (10%)
- Walked: 17 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 43 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Wood (8%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
99.0% of residents of Grant township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,225- In family households: 1,103 (289 male householders, 51 female householders)
314 spouses, 408 children (383 natural, 12 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 2 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 122 (44 male householders (29 living alone)), 60 female householders (57 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 129 2-persons, 71 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 86 1-person, 13 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
277 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (14 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |