Fair Haven township, Stearns County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Fair Haven township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Fair Haven township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1291
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 112
- South: 6
- West: 34
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $97,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 474
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 108
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Fair Haven township with a mortgage: 174 (14 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 58
- Construction (30%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fair Haven township:
- German (52.9%)
- Norwegian (10.3%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- Polish (5.0%)
- Irish (3.9%)
- Swedish (3.8%)
- English (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (71%)
- Philippines (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 591 (75%)
- Carpooled: 95 (12%)
- Ferryboat: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (3%)
- Worked at home: 77 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (64%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Utility gas (5%)
97.2% of residents of Fair Haven township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,463- In family households: 1,347 (349 male householders, 55 female householders)
371 spouses, 522 children (489 natural, 6 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 10 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 116 (61 male householders (53 living alone)), 41 female householders (36 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 169 2-persons, 75 3-persons, 95 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 11 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
377 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (18 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |