Bennington township, Shiawassee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Bennington township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Bennington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2560
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 215
- South: 85
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $116,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,062
- One, attached: 3
- 3 or 4: 15
- Mobile homes: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $49,300
Housing units in Bennington township with a mortgage: 521 (29 second mortgage, 77 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 167
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Construction (16%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bennington township:
- German (26.4%)
- English (14.2%)
- United States or American (13.4%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- Polish (3.5%)
- Italian (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (26%)
- Sweden (13%)
- Colombia (13%)
- Germany (11%)
- Poland (11%)
- Mexico (11%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,223 (88%)
- Carpooled: 104 (8%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 35 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Wood (3%)
- Electricity (1%)
5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
95.1% of residents of Bennington township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,972- In family households: 2,738 (817 male householders, 68 female householders)
829 spouses, 891 children (771 natural, 21 adopted, 99 stepchildren), 51 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 15 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 234 (85 male householders (69 living alone)), 88 female householders (71 living alone)), 61 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 396 2-persons, 187 3-persons, 176 4-persons, 83 5-persons, 43 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 140 1-person, 23 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
660 married couples with children.
70 single-parent households (25 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 58
| Here: | 15.5% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
| Here: | 13.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 24.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |