Bear Lake township, Manistee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (91% naturalized citizens)
| Bear Lake township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Bear Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1290
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 99
- South: 68
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
8 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 771
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 105
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,500
Housing units in Bear Lake township with a mortgage: 180 (11 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 136
- Construction (17%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Paper (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bear Lake township:
- German (26.0%)
- United States or American (13.4%)
- English (13.3%)
- Irish (5.0%)
- Swedish (4.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.3%)
- Polish (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (35%)
- Korea (17%)
- Mexico (17%)
- France (9%)
- Netherlands (9%)
- Philippines (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 531 (81%)
- Carpooled: 53 (8%)
- Walked: 22 (3%)
- Worked at home: 50 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
8 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
95.0% of residents of Bear Lake township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,524- In family households: 1,325 (352 male householders, 73 female householders)
379 spouses, 447 children (422 natural, 12 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 11 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 199 (83 male householders (70 living alone)), 91 female householders (83 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 14 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 206 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 93 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 153 1-person, 21 2-persons,
302 married couples with children.
65 single-parent households (24 men, 41 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 14.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 19.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |