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Au Train township, Alger County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)

Au Train township:

1.3%
Whole state:

5.3%

60% of Au Train 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, 66% lived in Michigan.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 939
  • Northeast: 15
  • Midwest: 132
  • South: 46
  • West: 16

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,500


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Au Train township, MI map

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $33,700


Housing units in Au Train township with a mortgage: 178 (10 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 105

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 24
  • 1995 to 1998: 117
  • 1990 to 1994: 79
  • 1980 to 1989: 131
  • 1970 to 1979: 176
  • 1960 to 1969: 107
  • 1950 to 1959: 122
  • 1940 to 1949: 160
  • 1939 or earlier: 72

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Au Train township, Michigan:

  • 1 room: 5
  • 2 rooms: 9
  • 3 rooms: 20
  • 4 rooms: 77
  • 5 rooms: 98
  • 6 rooms: 107
  • 7 rooms: 60
  • 8 rooms: 38
  • 9 or more rooms: 16

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Au Train township, Michigan:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 11
  • 4 rooms: 24
  • 5 rooms: 12
  • 6 rooms: 8
  • 7 rooms: 3
  • 8 rooms: 1
  • 9 or more rooms: 4

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Au Train township:

  • no bedroom: 5
  • 1 bedroom: 33
  • 2 bedrooms: 116
  • 3 bedrooms: 225
  • 4 bedrooms: 45
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 6

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Au Train township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 17
  • 2 bedrooms: 22
  • 3 bedrooms: 19
  • 4 bedrooms: 5
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Au Train township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 2
  • 1 vehicle: 114
  • 2 vehicles: 224
  • 3 vehicles: 58
  • 4 vehicles: 27
  • 5 or more vehicles: 5

Cars and other vehicles available in Au Train township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 8
  • 1 vehicle: 28
  • 2 vehicles: 14
  • 3 vehicles: 9
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 4

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (21%)
  • Paper (17%)
  • Public administration (15%)
  • Wood products (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
  • Finance and insurance (2%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (17%)
  • Accommodation and food services (12%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Paper (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
  • Woodworkers (4%)
  • Carpenters (4%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Cashiers (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Au Train township:

  • German (16.0%)
  • French (except Basque) (12.4%)
  • English (10.7%)
  • Finnish (10.2%)
  • United States or American (8.3%)
  • Swedish (7.0%)
  • Polish (6.0%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Canada (40%)
  • Other Northern Europe (20%)
  • Jordan (20%)
  • United Kingdom (13%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (46%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
  • Wood (12%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
  • Electricity (5%)

96.6% of residents of Au Train township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,166

Size of family households: 166 2-persons, 92 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 6 6-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 116 1-person, 24 2-persons, 9 3-persons,

206 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (13 men, 31 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here:

4.9%
Michigan:

11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here:

3.4%
Michigan:

8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here:

0.0%
Michigan:

16.5%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Au Train township:

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