Fenton township, Genesee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Fenton township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
57% of Fenton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% 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: 10645
- Northeast: 315
- Midwest: 708
- South: 721
- West: 280
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $319,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
2 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,548
- One, attached: 201
- Two: 42
- 3 or 4: 63
- 5 to 9: 39
- 10 to 19: 35
- Mobile homes: 320
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,400
Housing units in Fenton township with a mortgage: 3,049 (235 second mortgage, 414 home equity loan, 62 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 872
- Transportation equipment (25%)
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fenton township:
- German (19.4%)
- United States or American (11.4%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- English (11.1%)
- Polish (8.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.3%)
- Italian (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (14%)
- India (12%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Germany (10%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Russia (5%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,922 (90%)
- Carpooled: 429 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (1%)
- Worked at home: 160 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (91%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
2 people in other group homes
96.0% of residents of Fenton township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,930- In family households: 11,586 (3,318 male householders, 516 female householders)
3,366 spouses, 3,973 children (3,602 natural, 54 adopted, 317 stepchildren), 102 grandchildren, 50 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 89 other relatives, 141 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,344 (565 male householders (416 living alone)), 476 female householders (421 living alone)), 303 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,703 2-persons, 850 3-persons, 843 4-persons, 324 5-persons, 97 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 837 1-person, 149 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 10 5-persons,
2,713 married couples with children.
377 single-parent households (137 men, 240 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 199
| Here: | 13.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 103
| Here: | 12.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 88
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |