Grant township, Buena Vista County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 897 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Grant township: | 897.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
44% of Grant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 23372
- Northeast: 7972
- Midwest: 6486
- South: 12954
- West: 4173
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 14,127
- One, attached: 1,480
- Two: 814
- 3 or 4: 1,506
- 5 to 9: 1,076
- 10 to 19: 538
- 20 to 49: 148
- 50 or more: 343
- Mobile homes: 3,909
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,100
Housing units in Grant township with a mortgage: 8,058 (878 second mortgage, 1,028 home equity loan, 40 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,048
- Construction (17%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grant township:
- United States or American (11.4%)
- German (9.7%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- English (7.9%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (23%)
- Mexico (14%)
- Japan (7%)
- Canada (5%)
- Vietnam (4%)
- Panama (4%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 22,611 (80%)
- Carpooled: 4,094 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 20 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 6 (0%)
- Railroad: 23 (0%)
- Taxi: 168 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 28 (0%)
- Bicycle: 77 (0%)
- Walked: 420 (1%)
- Other means: 273 (1%)
- Worked at home: 516 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (86%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
91.1% of residents of Grant township speak English at home.
5.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 58,287- In family households: 51,213 (11,848 male householders, 4,450 female householders)
12,651 spouses, 18,607 children (16,909 natural, 432 adopted, 1,266 stepchildren), 1,004 grandchildren, 345 brothers or sisters, 258 parents, 720 other relatives, 1,330 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 7,074 (2,888 male householders (2,188 living alone)), 2,701 female householders (2,252 living alone)), 1,485 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 745 (345 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 6,249 2-persons, 4,438 3-persons, 3,437 4-persons, 1,447 5-persons, 575 6-persons, 152 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,440 1-person, 944 2-persons, 158 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 9 5-persons,
70 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (1 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 359
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 100
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 414
| Here: | 12.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |