Lafayette township, Gratiot County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Lafayette township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Lafayette township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% 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: 590
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 14
- South: 12
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
14 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 233
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 24
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Lafayette township with a mortgage: 61 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 39
- Construction (22%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lafayette township:
- German (30.1%)
- United States or American (21.7%)
- English (16.5%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- French (except Basque) (6.7%)
- Polish (3.8%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Austria (60%)
- Other South America (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 220 (83%)
- Carpooled: 30 (11%)
- Walked: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 15 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (73%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Electricity (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
14 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
98.0% of residents of Lafayette township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 620- In family households: 552 (150 male householders, 29 female householders)
143 spouses, 187 children (181 natural, 2 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 7 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 68 (34 male householders (28 living alone)), 28 female householders (28 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 14 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 82 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 56 1-person, 6 2-persons,
131 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (13 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 8.4% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 12.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |