Ash township, Monroe County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Ash township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Ash township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6203
- Northeast: 87
- Midwest: 534
- South: 565
- West: 75
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $193,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,968
- Two: 36
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 37
- 20 to 49: 49
- 50 or more: 12
- Mobile homes: 813
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,900
Housing units in Ash township with a mortgage: 884 (44 second mortgage, 239 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 605
- Transportation equipment (23%)
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ash township:
- German (24.8%)
- Polish (13.8%)
- United States or American (12.1%)
- Irish (8.3%)
- English (6.7%)
- French (except Basque) (6.7%)
- Italian (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (42%)
- Canada (15%)
- Germany (9%)
- Philippines (8%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Netherlands (6%)
- Other Southern Europe (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,998 (90%)
- Carpooled: 229 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (1%)
- Worked at home: 75 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.7% of residents of Ash township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (24% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,606- In family households: 6,834 (1,725 male householders, 415 female householders)
1,791 spouses, 2,450 children (2,203 natural, 17 adopted, 230 stepchildren), 139 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 94 other relatives, 176 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 772 (339 male householders (284 living alone)), 323 female householders (290 living alone)), 110 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 851 2-persons, 478 3-persons, 482 4-persons, 242 5-persons, 59 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 574 1-person, 73 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
1,581 married couples with children.
350 single-parent households (106 men, 244 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 118
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 36
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 53
| Here: | 19.8% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |