Garfield township, Newaygo County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (21% naturalized citizens)
| Garfield township: | 5.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Garfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1971
- Northeast: 56
- Midwest: 230
- South: 70
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
123 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 845
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 9
- 50 or more: 70
- Mobile homes: 137
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,200
Housing units in Garfield township with a mortgage: 225 (8 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 133
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Food (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Garfield township:
- German (20.6%)
- Dutch (12.7%)
- United States or American (10.0%)
- English (9.6%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- Polish (4.7%)
- Swedish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (75%)
- Canada (7%)
- Laos (5%)
- Germany (3%)
- Japan (3%)
- Korea (3%)
- Russia (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 764 (79%)
- Carpooled: 130 (13%)
- Walked: 23 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 54 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Wood (11%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Other fuel (2%)
123 people in nursing homes
87.8% of residents of Garfield township speak English at home.
5.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 23% don't speak English at all).
5.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,382- In family households: 2,137 (561 male householders, 99 female householders)
548 spouses, 802 children (741 natural, 26 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 46 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 245 (94 male householders (77 living alone)), 118 female householders (111 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 126 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 311 2-persons, 117 3-persons, 95 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 188 1-person, 15 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
523 married couples with children.
92 single-parent households (47 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 59
| Here: | 16.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 17.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |