Bedford township, Monroe County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Bedford township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Bedford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 17% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5764
- Northeast: 893
- Midwest: 19540
- South: 1384
- West: 400
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $120,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Bedford township, Michigan:
- 86 people in other group homes
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in other types of correctional institutions
- 3 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,930
- One, attached: 194
- Two: 168
- 3 or 4: 93
- 5 to 9: 147
- 10 to 19: 40
- 20 to 49: 102
- 50 or more: 206
- Mobile homes: 770
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,700
Housing units in Bedford township with a mortgage: 5,975 (615 second mortgage, 1,385 home equity loan, 27 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,977
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Construction (14%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bedford township:
- German (31.5%)
- Polish (13.1%)
- English (8.8%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- French (except Basque) (5.7%)
- Italian (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (17%)
- Germany (12%)
- Jordan (10%)
- Iraq (9%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Korea (7%)
- Iran (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 12,562 (89%)
- Carpooled: 995 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 84 (1%)
- Other means: 18 (0%)
- Worked at home: 381 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (92%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Bedford township, Michigan:
- 86 people in other group homes
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in other types of correctional institutions
- 3 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
95.8% of residents of Bedford township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 34% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (56% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 28,494- In family households: 25,895 (6,839 male householders, 1,297 female householders)
7,030 spouses, 9,554 children (8,721 natural, 223 adopted, 610 stepchildren), 313 grandchildren, 109 brothers or sisters, 79 parents, 210 other relatives, 464 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,599 (960 male householders (775 living alone)), 1,243 female householders (1,112 living alone)), 396 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 112 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,224 2-persons, 1,738 3-persons, 1,970 4-persons, 871 5-persons, 228 6-persons, 105 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,887 1-person, 249 2-persons, 67 3-persons,
6,398 married couples with children.
1,142 single-parent households (305 men, 837 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 327
| Here: | 8.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 157
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 175
| Here: | 13.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |