Alcona township, Alcona County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
Alcona township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Alcona township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 17% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 925
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 69
- South: 41
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $77,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
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: 1,225
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 65
Median worth of mobile homes: $81,400
Housing units in Alcona township with a mortgage: 172 (14 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 225
- Machinery (16%)
- Construction (16%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Social assistance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Art and design workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Alcona township:
- German (20.1%)
- English (15.1%)
- French (except Basque) (10.9%)
- Polish (10.8%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- French Canadian (6.9%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (50%)
- Germany (38%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 211 (73%)
- Carpooled: 59 (20%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 14 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
97.5% of residents of Alcona township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,109- In family households: 950 (346 male householders, 27 female householders)
339 spouses, 209 children (197 natural, 0 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 159 (78 male householders (76 living alone)), 73 female householders (69 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 272 2-persons, 46 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 145 1-person, 6 2-persons,
120 married couples with children.
28 single-parent households (18 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here: | 7.8% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 13.0% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |