Garfield township, Plymouth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Garfield township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Garfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1174
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 134
- South: 23
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
39 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 558
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 8
- 10 to 19: 3
- 20 to 49: 20
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Garfield township with a mortgage: 194 (17 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 209
- Construction (28%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Food (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Garfield township:
- German (48.8%)
- English (8.6%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- Dutch (6.2%)
- Norwegian (5.3%)
- Swedish (4.1%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (46%)
- Other Northern Europe (23%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Thailand (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 475 (74%)
- Carpooled: 83 (13%)
- Walked: 40 (6%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 43 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Other fuel (1%)
39 people in nursing homes
97.5% of residents of Garfield township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,361- In family households: 1,131 (316 male householders, 60 female householders)
341 spouses, 383 children (338 natural, 13 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 230 (90 male householders (75 living alone)), 115 female householders (113 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 38 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 187 2-persons, 71 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 188 1-person, 8 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
279 married couples with children.
58 single-parent households (10 men, 48 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: 7
Here: | 18.4% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |