Garfield township, Clare County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Garfield township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Garfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1610
- Northeast: 36
- Midwest: 100
- South: 117
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Garfield township, Michigan:
- 9 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,454
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 444
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,900
Housing units in Garfield township with a mortgage: 214 (15 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 250
- Construction (14%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Cashiers (11%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Garfield township:
- German (25.9%)
- United States or American (16.8%)
- English (12.4%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- French (except Basque) (5.7%)
- Polish (4.3%)
- Dutch (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (26%)
- Canada (21%)
- Germany (15%)
- Romania (10%)
- Other Western Europe (5%)
- Hungary (5%)
- Korea (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 550 (80%)
- Carpooled: 102 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 15 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (4%)
People in group quarters in Garfield township, Michigan:
- 9 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.0% of residents of Garfield township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,938- In family households: 1,605 (472 male householders, 93 female householders)
470 spouses, 470 children (421 natural, 16 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 10 other relatives, 60 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 333 (152 male householders (114 living alone)), 117 female householders (107 living alone)), 64 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 20 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 332 2-persons, 106 3-persons, 79 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 221 1-person, 39 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
239 married couples with children.
119 single-parent households (42 men, 77 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |