Grant township, Taylor County, Iowa (IA)

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Grant township, IA map Land area: 35.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 522 (all rural)

Males: 232	(44.4%)
Females: 290	(55.6%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 485 (367 owner occupied, 118 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	24%
State:	28%

Races in Grant township:

White Non-Hispanic: 97.5%
Two or more races: 0.6%

Median age of males: 48.3
Median age of females: 50.8

Average houshold size: 2.21
Average family size: 2.81

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Population density: 15 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	11.5%
Whole state:	9.1%

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

This township:	4.6%
Whole state:	3.8%

Cities in this township include: Clearfield.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Number of foreign born residents: 1,115 (14% naturalized citizens)

Grant township:	213.6%
State:	3.1%

45% of Grant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 21% lived in Iowa.

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

This state: 4878
Northeast: 255
Midwest: 2270
South: 3328
West: 1600

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $91,500

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: 0.5% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

37 people in nursing homes

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 3,585
One, attached: 113
Two: 373
3 or 4: 303
5 to 9: 172
10 to 19: 215
20 to 49: 112
50 or more: 39
Mobile homes: 373
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5

Median worth of mobile homes: $21,600

Housing units in Grant township with a mortgage: 1,678 (138 second mortgage, 81 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 832

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 196
1995 to 1998: 729
1990 to 1994: 363
1980 to 1989: 952
1970 to 1979: 1,016
1960 to 1969: 641
1950 to 1959: 399
1940 to 1949: 294
1939 or earlier: 700

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

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 88
4 rooms: 274
5 rooms: 1,007
6 rooms: 773
7 rooms: 458
8 rooms: 246
9 or more rooms: 176

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

1 room: 42
2 rooms: 246
3 rooms: 398
4 rooms: 544
5 rooms: 378
6 rooms: 124
7 rooms: 42
8 rooms: 20
9 or more rooms: 14

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

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 31
2 bedrooms: 600
3 bedrooms: 1,953
4 bedrooms: 379
5 or more bedrooms: 59

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Grant township:

no bedroom: 90
1 bedroom: 455
2 bedrooms: 801
3 bedrooms: 386
4 bedrooms: 55
5 or more bedrooms: 21

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

no vehicle: 87
1 vehicle: 780
2 vehicles: 1,479
3 vehicles: 520
4 vehicles: 128
5 or more vehicles: 28

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

no vehicle: 171
1 vehicle: 950
2 vehicles: 556
3 vehicles: 101
4 vehicles: 25
5 or more vehicles: 5

Most common industries for males:

Food (16%)
Educational services (11%)
Construction (6%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
Plastics and rubber products (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (15%)
Food (13%)
Health care (9%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Printing and related support activities (5%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Grant township:

United States or American (15.3%)
German (14.1%)
English (10.9%)
Irish (10.8%)
European (4.1%)
Scottish (2.7%)
Dutch (2.2%)

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

Mexico (43%)
El Salvador (22%)
Guatemala (11%)
Honduras (5%)
Other South America (3%)
United Kingdom (2%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 5,107 (78%)
Carpooled: 816 (12%)
Motorcycle: 23 (0%)
Bicycle: 20 (0%)
Walked: 381 (6%)
Other means: 49 (1%)
Worked at home: 166 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (74%)
Electricity (20%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
Wood (2%)

37 people in nursing homes

86.7% of residents of Grant township speak English at home.
11.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 12,718

In family households: 11,081 (2,808 male householders, 621 female householders)
2,888 spouses, 3,969 children (3,621 natural, 115 adopted, 233 stepchildren), 224 grandchildren, 100 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 171 other relatives, 271 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,637 (574 male householders (454 living alone)), 803 female householders (744 living alone)), 260 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 815 (29 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,422 2-persons, 741 3-persons, 684 4-persons, 347 5-persons, 160 6-persons, 75 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,198 1-person, 143 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 11 5-persons.

79 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (4 men, 16 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44

Here:	2.8%
Iowa:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 66

Here:	8.7%
Iowa:	7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 851

Here:	74.5%
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)

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