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Garfield township, Plymouth County, IA

1,700 Population
36.5 square miles 46.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±8.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 41.3 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,943 ±$5,247 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Plymouth County: $41,532 ±$1,940
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,310 ±$10,771 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $83,251 ±$4,100
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.8% ±5.5% (143  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Plymouth County: 6.9% † 1,751 (±1.5% / ±382)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±2.1 (16,575  ±3,211) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 19.2 232,980 (±1.1 / ±15,940)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

690 ±79 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 10,313 ±187
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (1,667  ±212) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 2.5 25,374 (±0 / ±9)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.6% ±2.8% (9  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 5% † 256 (±1.5% / ±78)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

725 ±79 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 10,891 ±43
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$183,600 ±$33,658 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $228,900 ±$9,640
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±5.2% (182  ±91.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 9.3% † 2,391 (±1.9% / ±495.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±6.9% (1,088  ±129.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 94.8% 16,590 (±3.9% / ±684.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.6% ±6.1% (337  ±76) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Plymouth County: 21.7% 3,796 (±1.9% / ±326.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.8% ±1.4% (30  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 3.7% 959
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±3.1% (105  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 6.9% † 1,334 (±0.9% / ±177)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
105 Total veterans ±40 105 Male ±40 N/A Female ±10

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