Arcadia township, Lapeer County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (66% naturalized citizens)
Arcadia township: | 1.5% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Arcadia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2824
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 107
- South: 126
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
29 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,040
- Two: 9
- Mobile homes: 85
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,500
Housing units in Arcadia township with a mortgage: 437 (20 second mortgage, 73 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Transportation equipment (20%)
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Arcadia township:
- German (29.8%)
- United States or American (11.8%)
- English (11.7%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- Polish (6.6%)
- Scottish (4.8%)
- Italian (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (38%)
- Canada (26%)
- Romania (19%)
- Turkey (11%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,246 (83%)
- Carpooled: 177 (12%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 54 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (2%)
29 people in other group homes
95.6% of residents of Arcadia township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,168- In family households: 2,926 (772 male householders, 118 female householders)
806 spouses, 1,077 children (903 natural, 66 adopted, 108 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 24 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 242 (109 male householders (88 living alone)), 95 female householders (81 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 29 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 334 2-persons, 202 3-persons, 193 4-persons, 100 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 169 1-person, 32 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
744 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (35 men, 54 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 62
Here: | 13.9% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
Here: | 10.0% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
Here: | 17.2% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |