Fairfield township, Grundy County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Fairfield township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
71% of Fairfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 18% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 488
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 41
- South: 13
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 192
- One, attached: 11
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Fairfield township with a mortgage: 62 (6 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24
- Machinery (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Construction (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Other direct selling establishments (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Engineers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secondary school teachers (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairfield township:
- German (52.5%)
- Irish (13.0%)
- Czech (5.9%)
- Danish (5.2%)
- English (5.0%)
- Norwegian (4.3%)
- United States or American (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 233 (81%)
- Carpooled: 24 (8%)
- Other means: 9 (3%)
- Worked at home: 23 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (82%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (1%)
99.0% of residents of Fairfield township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 557- In family households: 526 (152 male householders, 17 female householders)
168 spouses, 170 children (160 natural, 2 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 31 (13 male householders (11 living alone)), 16 female householders (16 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 72 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 1 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 27 1-person, 2 2-persons,
116 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (4 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 3.9% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 26.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |