Fairfax township, Linn County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Fairfax township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Fairfax township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1837
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 179
- South: 111
- West: 62
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $125,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 783
- One, attached: 2
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 14
- Mobile homes: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Fairfax township with a mortgage: 437 (58 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 195
- Construction (23%)
- Health care (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairfax township:
- German (41.2%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- United States or American (10.3%)
- Czech (8.4%)
- English (7.9%)
- Norwegian (2.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (25%)
- India (25%)
- Ireland (10%)
- Japan (10%)
- Korea (10%)
- Philippines (10%)
- Mexico (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 915 (81%)
- Carpooled: 164 (14%)
- Walked: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 41 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
96.2% of residents of Fairfax township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,240- In family households: 2,105 (585 male householders, 81 female householders)
592 spouses, 785 children (730 natural, 19 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 9 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 135 (64 male householders (45 living alone)), 39 female householders (39 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 275 2-persons, 123 3-persons, 145 4-persons, 113 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 84 1-person, 7 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
453 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (12 men, 60 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 6.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |