Garfield township, Kalkaska County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Garfield township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Garfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 9% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 684
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 40
- South: 36
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 650
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 172
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,700
Housing units in Garfield township with a mortgage: 76 (0 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53
- Construction (25%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Garfield township:
- German (26.3%)
- English (15.5%)
- United States or American (14.6%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- Dutch (7.5%)
- Polish (6.2%)
- Scottish (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 232 (77%)
- Carpooled: 50 (17%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 13 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (68%)
- Wood (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Electricity (1%)
98.8% of residents of Garfield township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English well, 60% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 787- In family households: 682 (206 male householders, 24 female householders)
208 spouses, 217 children (196 natural, 6 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 3 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 105 (61 male householders (45 living alone)), 25 female householders (25 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 120 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 13 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 70 1-person, 15 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
136 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (12 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 12.8% |
| 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: 7
| Here: | 58.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |