Fairgrove township, Tuscola County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Fairgrove township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Fairgrove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1586
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 44
- South: 34
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
People in group quarters in Fairgrove township, Michigan:
- 22 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in other group homes
- 5 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 619
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 57
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,800
Housing units in Fairgrove township with a mortgage: 222 (9 second mortgage, 30 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 178
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairgrove township:
- German (35.1%)
- United States or American (11.9%)
- Polish (9.6%)
- English (8.4%)
- French (except Basque) (6.1%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- Hungarian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (39%)
- Canada (36%)
- Korea (18%)
- Germany (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 628 (85%)
- Carpooled: 48 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 31 (4%)
- Worked at home: 32 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Fairgrove township, Michigan:
- 22 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in other group homes
- 5 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.4% of residents of Fairgrove township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 24% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 8% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,675- In family households: 1,471 (400 male householders, 98 female householders)
376 spouses, 516 children (448 natural, 24 adopted, 44 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 15 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 204 (71 male householders (63 living alone)), 98 female householders (88 living alone)), 35 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 54 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 251 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 96 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 151 1-person, 10 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
298 married couples with children.
96 single-parent households (34 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
| Here: | 13.7% |
| 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: 8
| Here: | 17.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |