Fairfield township, Shiawassee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Fairfield township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Fairfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 696
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 23
- South: 23
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 274
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $57,500
Housing units in Fairfield township with a mortgage: 93 (0 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 42
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Transportation equipment (22%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Retail florists (3%)
- U. S. Postal service (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (14%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Bus drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairfield township:
- German (28.5%)
- United States or American (19.7%)
- English (16.8%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- Czech (5.4%)
- Polish (3.2%)
- Slovak (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- United Kingdom (30%)
- Hungary (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 287 (82%)
- Carpooled: 32 (9%)
- Walked: 10 (3%)
- Worked at home: 23 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Wood (3%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
96.5% of residents of Fairfield township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 764- In family households: 672 (180 male householders, 28 female householders)
170 spouses, 255 children (242 natural, 2 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 3 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 92 (30 male householders (23 living alone)), 44 female householders (32 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 82 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 55 1-person, 16 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
154 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (9 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 38.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |