Attica township, Lapeer County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (24% naturalized citizens)
| Attica township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Attica township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3973
- Northeast: 73
- Midwest: 153
- South: 319
- West: 53
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $98,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
41 people in other group homes
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,593
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 32
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 134
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $91,200
Housing units in Attica township with a mortgage: 657 (17 second mortgage, 116 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 275
- Transportation equipment (26%)
- Construction (17%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Attica township:
- German (22.7%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- English (10.2%)
- Polish (8.3%)
- United States or American (7.7%)
- European (5.3%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (45%)
- Canada (40%)
- Yugoslavia (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,964 (86%)
- Carpooled: 223 (10%)
- Walked: 40 (2%)
- Worked at home: 49 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
41 people in other group homes
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.9% of residents of Attica township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,632- In family households: 4,206 (1,094 male householders, 194 female householders)
1,097 spouses, 1,600 children (1,463 natural, 6 adopted, 131 stepchildren), 66 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 30 other relatives, 104 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 426 (180 male householders (145 living alone)), 144 female householders (105 living alone)), 102 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 46 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 493 2-persons, 292 3-persons, 267 4-persons, 140 5-persons, 68 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 250 1-person, 54 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 13 4-persons,
1,039 married couples with children.
184 single-parent households (64 men, 120 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 131
| Here: | 18.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 29
| Here: | 11.3% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 30
| Here: | 22.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |