Grove township, Cass County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (14% naturalized citizens)
| Grove township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
64% of Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1599
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 125
- South: 171
- West: 65
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Grove township, Iowa:
- 148 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 117 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 14 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 596
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 256
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,800
Housing units in Grove township with a mortgage: 216 (7 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 188
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Paper (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grove township:
- United States or American (22.5%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- German (5.0%)
- English (4.1%)
- African (3.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Scottish (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (57%)
- United Kingdom (43%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 686 (80%)
- Carpooled: 142 (17%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 7 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Grove township, Iowa:
- 148 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 117 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 14 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in other group homes
97.8% of residents of Grove township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,992- In family households: 1,762 (422 male householders, 151 female householders)
400 spouses, 573 children (521 natural, 17 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 88 grandchildren, 22 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 48 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 230 (106 male householders (101 living alone)), 103 female householders (87 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 227 2-persons, 155 3-persons, 121 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 188 1-person, 19 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
1,214 married couples with children.
440 single-parent households (114 men, 326 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 19.2% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |