Northfield township, Washtenaw County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Northfield township: | 4.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Northfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6353
- Northeast: 241
- Midwest: 771
- South: 362
- West: 154
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Northfield township, Michigan:
- 109 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,148
- One, attached: 139
- Two: 150
- 3 or 4: 29
- 5 to 9: 73
- 10 to 19: 53
- 20 to 49: 165
- 50 or more: 25
- Mobile homes: 619
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,600
Housing units in Northfield township with a mortgage: 1,315 (162 second mortgage, 125 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 304
- Construction (16%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (3%)
- Waiters and waitresses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Northfield township:
- German (22.2%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- Polish (10.4%)
- English (8.5%)
- United States or American (7.9%)
- French (except Basque) (5.3%)
- Italian (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (12%)
- Other Northern Europe (11%)
- Israel (11%)
- Canada (9%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Hungary (9%)
- Korea (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,005 (89%)
- Carpooled: 381 (8%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 7 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 20 (0%)
- Worked at home: 66 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Northfield township, Michigan:
- 109 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
95.2% of residents of Northfield township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,138- In family households: 6,966 (1,818 male householders, 394 female householders)
1,888 spouses, 2,566 children (2,369 natural, 109 adopted, 88 stepchildren), 104 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 41 parents, 58 other relatives, 90 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,172 (490 male householders (350 living alone)), 424 female householders (334 living alone)), 258 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 134 (116 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 900 2-persons, 533 3-persons, 460 4-persons, 213 5-persons, 93 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 684 1-person, 216 2-persons, 14 3-persons,
1,620 married couples with children.
355 single-parent households (101 men, 254 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 80
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |