Grant township, Page County, Iowa (IA)

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Grant township, IA map Land area: 35.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 5,935 (94% urban, 6% rural)

Males: 2,763	(46.6%)
Females: 3,172	(53.4%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 5,772 (4,124 owner occupied, 1,648 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	29%
State:	28%

Races in Grant township:

White Non-Hispanic: 96.1%
Black: 0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
Asian: 0.2%
Two or more races: 0.4%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 42.1
Median age of females: 44.0

Average houshold size: 2.24
Average family size: 2.84

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Population density: 166 people per square mile

(high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	14.6%
Whole state:	9.1%

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

This township:	5.5%
Whole state:	3.8%

Cities in this township include: Shenandoah.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Creek: Fourmile Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 54 (46% naturalized citizens)

Grant township:	0.9%
State:	3.1%

61% of Grant 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, 58% lived in Iowa.

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

This state: 4078
Northeast: 15
Midwest: 1330
South: 174
West: 232

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $38,800

Grant township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%

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

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

140 people in nursing homes
23 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,187
One, attached: 8
Two: 92
3 or 4: 130
5 to 9: 61
10 to 19: 13
20 to 49: 112
50 or more: 140
Mobile homes: 66

Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999

Housing units in Grant township with a mortgage: 787 (60 second mortgage, 64 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 757

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 25
1995 to 1998: 92
1990 to 1994: 65
1980 to 1989: 79
1970 to 1979: 441
1960 to 1969: 221
1950 to 1959: 414
1940 to 1949: 372
1939 or earlier: 1,100

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

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 11
3 rooms: 18
4 rooms: 175
5 rooms: 307
6 rooms: 419
7 rooms: 294
8 rooms: 223
9 or more rooms: 271

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

1 room: 21
2 rooms: 64
3 rooms: 226
4 rooms: 189
5 rooms: 190
6 rooms: 106
7 rooms: 20
8 rooms: 21
9 or more rooms: 8

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

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 54
2 bedrooms: 555
3 bedrooms: 704
4 bedrooms: 330
5 or more bedrooms: 75

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Grant township:

no bedroom: 27
1 bedroom: 292
2 bedrooms: 353
3 bedrooms: 151
4 bedrooms: 22
5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

no vehicle: 36
1 vehicle: 445
2 vehicles: 853
3 vehicles: 297
4 vehicles: 66
5 or more vehicles: 21

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

no vehicle: 169
1 vehicle: 503
2 vehicles: 120
3 vehicles: 46
4 vehicles: 7
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Transportation equipment (17%)
Construction (10%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
Metal and metal products (5%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)
Educational services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (16%)
Educational services (13%)
Social assistance (7%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Food and beverage stores (7%)
Metal and metal products (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Cashiers (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Registered nurses (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Grant township:

German (25.0%)
Irish (14.9%)
United States or American (12.5%)
English (12.2%)
Swedish (8.0%)
Dutch (4.5%)
Scotch-Irish (3.2%)

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

Mexico (24%)
El Salvador (22%)
Germany (20%)
Cuba (15%)
United Kingdom (11%)
Korea (7%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,216 (83%)
Carpooled: 220 (8%)
Taxi: 6 (0%)
Walked: 131 (5%)
Other means: 8 (0%)
Worked at home: 100 (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (84%)
Electricity (9%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
Other fuel (1%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

140 people in nursing homes
23 people in homes for the mentally retarded

97.4% of residents of Grant township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 5,736

In family households: 4,740 (1,307 male householders, 376 female householders)
1,339 spouses, 1,507 children (1,418 natural, 27 adopted, 62 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 48 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 24 other relatives, 77 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 996 (336 male householders (297 living alone)), 590 female householders (570 living alone)), 70 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 163 (140 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 927 2-persons, 328 3-persons, 272 4-persons, 112 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 867 1-person, 57 2-persons, 2 4-persons.

905 married couples with children.
339 single-parent households (73 men, 266 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): 11

Here:	3.2%
Iowa:	7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 23

Here:	20.7%
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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