Bear Lake township, Kalkaska County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Bear Lake township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
57% of Bear Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 606
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 51
- South: 53
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 826
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 193
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,500
Housing units in Bear Lake township with a mortgage: 120 (7 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 98
- Construction (18%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other direct selling establishments (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bear Lake township:
- German (18.9%)
- United States or American (15.5%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- English (12.9%)
- Polish (9.3%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
- French Canadian (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Australia (29%)
- Austria (21%)
- Italy (21%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Germany (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 221 (76%)
- Carpooled: 64 (22%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 3 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (61%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.9% of residents of Bear Lake township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 744- In family households: 611 (194 male householders, 28 female householders)
206 spouses, 136 children (114 natural, 0 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 133 (57 male householders (41 living alone)), 48 female householders (40 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 138 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 22 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
88 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (9 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 16.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |