Fairview township, Lyon County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Fairview township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
79% of Fairview township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 396
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 52
- South: 1
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 155
- Mobile homes: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Fairview township with a mortgage: 55 (7 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 58
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Construction (22%)
- Food (8%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Food (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (20%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairview township:
- German (36.6%)
- Belgian (21.3%)
- Norwegian (9.7%)
- United States or American (6.1%)
- Irish (5.8%)
- Swedish (4.5%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Hong Kong (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 181 (73%)
- Carpooled: 30 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (4%)
- Worked at home: 25 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (64%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Wood (1%)
96.8% of residents of Fairview township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 459- In family households: 431 (122 male householders, 3 female householders)
128 spouses, 172 children (161 natural, 4 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 28 (18 male householders (17 living alone)), 6 female householders (4 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 37 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 21 1-person, 3 2-persons,
143 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (4 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
| Here: | 42.5% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |