Dafter township, Chippewa County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (49% naturalized citizens)
Dafter township: | 3.0% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Dafter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1023
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 90
- South: 57
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 430
- One, attached: 2
- 10 to 19: 13
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 96
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,900
Housing units in Dafter township with a mortgage: 89 (8 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Public administration (23%)
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (17%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (18%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dafter township:
- German (15.1%)
- English (12.8%)
- French (except Basque) (9.3%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- Finnish (7.0%)
- French Canadian (4.7%)
- Polish (4.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (92%)
- Other Northern Europe (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 508 (81%)
- Carpooled: 82 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Worked at home: 21 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
97.3% of residents of Dafter township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (22% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 56% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,296- In family households: 1,166 (306 male householders, 68 female householders)
304 spouses, 424 children (363 natural, 17 adopted, 44 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 7 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 130 (69 male householders (57 living alone)), 42 female householders (41 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 153 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 98 1-person, 7 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
276 married couples with children.
58 single-parent households (18 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
Here: | 8.9% |
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: 2
Here: | 4.1% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |