Fawn River township, St. Joseph County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (28% naturalized citizens)
Fawn River township: | 2.6% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Fawn River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1138
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 300
- South: 96
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 521
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 103
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Fawn River township with a mortgage: 231 (16 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 135
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fawn River township:
- German (33.5%)
- United States or American (17.1%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- English (7.4%)
- Polish (3.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (60%)
- Other Eastern Europe (14%)
- Other Northern Europe (7%)
- Romania (5%)
- Jamaica (5%)
- Bolivia (5%)
- Canada (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 646 (81%)
- Carpooled: 98 (12%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 27 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
95.8% of residents of Fawn River township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,641- In family households: 1,430 (374 male householders, 61 female householders)
361 spouses, 536 children (475 natural, 4 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 17 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 211 (85 male householders (70 living alone)), 74 female householders (64 living alone)), 52 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 168 2-persons, 100 3-persons, 94 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 134 1-person, 16 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
320 married couples with children.
88 single-parent households (23 men, 65 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
Here: | 8.5% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 3.5% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 19.4% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |