Galva township, Ida County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (100% naturalized citizens)
Galva township: | 3.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
54% of Galva township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 494
- Northeast: 105
- Midwest: 145
- South: 531
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $118,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 865
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 31
- 3 or 4: 13
- Mobile homes: 205
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $73,300
Housing units in Galva township with a mortgage: 211 (16 second mortgage, 32 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 241
- Construction (19%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (12%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores (4%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Galva township:
- United States or American (28.1%)
- Irish (15.9%)
- English (14.6%)
- German (10.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (9.5%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- Polish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (70%)
- Austria (30%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 407 (74%)
- Carpooled: 123 (22%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 7 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (2%)
- Solar energy (1%)
96.6% of residents of Galva township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,318- In family households: 1,163 (404 male householders, 39 female householders)
409 spouses, 283 children (235 natural, 38 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 0 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 155 (46 male householders (37 living alone)), 86 female householders (74 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 267 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 111 1-person, 21 2-persons,
122 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (0 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
Here: | 12.2% |
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: 7
Here: | 9.7% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |