Fairfield township, Clay County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Land area: 36.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 713 (all rural)
| Males: 353 |  (49.5%) |
| Females: 360 |  (50.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 713 (587 owner occupied, 126 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 18% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Fairfield township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Median age of males: 40.2
Median age of females: 40.2
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Average household size: 2.53
| Fairfield township: | 2.5 people |
| Nebraska: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.06
| Fairfield township: | $46,574 |
| Nebraska: | $51,440 |
| Here: | $384 |
| State: | $574 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $78,894 (it was $52,600 in 2000)
| : | $78,894 |
| Nebraska: | $132,700 |
| Population density: 20 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 14.0% |
| Whole state: | 9.7% |
| This township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.0% |
Cities in this township include: Fairfield, Deweese.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Fairfield Cemetery (1), Saint Aloysius Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Hoyt Reservoir (A), Lipovsky Reservoir (B), Skalka Reservoir (C), Harms-Skalka Reservoir (D), Lambie Reservoir (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Dry Creek (A), Liberty Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Fairfield township: Bulrush State Wildlife Management Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
68% of Fairfield 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, 88% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 538
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 78
- South: 16
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
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: 252
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 11
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 43
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,100
Housing units in Fairfield township with a mortgage: 58 (6 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 107
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (27%)
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Warehousing and storage (5%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Food (11%)
- Health care (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (21%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Food processing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairfield township:
- German (51.8%)
- United States or American (11.3%)
- Czech (10.0%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- English (4.4%)
- Danish (2.5%)
- Polish (1.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 228 (78%)
- Carpooled: 22 (8%)
- Walked: 23 (8%)
- Worked at home: 19 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
98.6% of residents of Fairfield township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 685- In family households: 588 (157 male householders, 26 female householders)
171 spouses, 201 children (191 natural, 8 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 4 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 97 (54 male householders (47 living alone)), 29 female householders (26 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 75 2-persons, 39 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 73 1-person, 9 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
146 married couples with children.
41 single-parent households (18 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 30.4% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |