Grant township, Tama County, Iowa (IA)

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Grant township, IA map Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 315 (all rural)

Males: 161	(51.1%)
Females: 154	(48.9%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 315 (253 owner occupied, 62 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	20%
State:	28%

Races in Grant township:

White Non-Hispanic: 98.7%
Black: 1.3%

Median age of males: 39.3
Median age of females: 40.3

Average houshold size: 2.60
Average family size: 2.95

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Population density: 9 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	30.0%
Whole state:	9.1%

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

This township:	14.1%
Whole state:	3.8%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Creek: Given Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 26 (77% naturalized citizens)

Grant township:	8.3%
State:	3.1%

98% of Grant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% lived in this county.

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

This state: 207
Northeast: 0
Midwest: 7
South: 23
West: 0

Grant township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.8% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 82
Mobile homes: 35

Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999

Housing units in Grant township with a mortgage: 36 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 28

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 0
1995 to 1998: 0
1990 to 1994: 0
1980 to 1989: 50
1970 to 1979: 28
1960 to 1969: 19
1950 to 1959: 9
1940 to 1949: 0
1939 or earlier: 11

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

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 20
4 rooms: 0
5 rooms: 63
6 rooms: 25
7 rooms: 0
8 rooms: 0
9 or more rooms: 0

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

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

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

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 11
2 bedrooms: 9
3 bedrooms: 80
4 bedrooms: 8
5 or more bedrooms: 0

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Grant township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 0
2 bedrooms: 0
3 bedrooms: 9
4 bedrooms: 0
5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

no vehicle: 8
1 vehicle: 38
2 vehicles: 54
3 vehicles: 8
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 0

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

no vehicle: 0
1 vehicle: 9
2 vehicles: 0
3 vehicles: 0
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (44%)
Truck transportation (7%)
Construction (5%)
Transportation equipment (5%)
Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers (5%)
Book stores and news dealers (5%)
Plastics and rubber products (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Arts, entertainment, and recreation (18%)
Finance and insurance (16%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (16%)
Apparel (14%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
Clothing and clothing accessories, including shoe, stores (6%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (30%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (16%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (14%)
Cashiers (12%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Grant township:

Irish (10.7%)
German (10.2%)
United States or American (9.2%)
French (except Basque) (3.1%)

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

Germany (46%)
Chile (31%)
France (23%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 72 (79%)
Carpooled: 19 (21%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (55%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
Electricity (9%)
Wood (7%)

93.2% of residents of Grant township speak English at home.
6.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 263

In family households: 253 (86 male householders, 7 female householders)
78 spouses, 76 children (68 natural, 8 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 10 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 10 female householders (10 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 59 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 6 5-persons, 8 6-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 10 1-person.

69 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (2 men, 7 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): 0

Here:	0.0%
Iowa:	7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0

Here:	0.0%
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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