Billings township, Gladwin County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (81% naturalized citizens)
| Billings township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Billings township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2345
- Northeast: 48
- Midwest: 128
- South: 93
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.7%
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
6 people in other group homes
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,592
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 5
- Mobile homes: 507
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,400
Housing units in Billings township with a mortgage: 445 (31 second mortgage, 32 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 284
- Construction (17%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Billings township:
- German (29.7%)
- United States or American (11.7%)
- English (9.8%)
- French (except Basque) (7.5%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- Polish (6.6%)
- French Canadian (5.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (35%)
- Canada (26%)
- Poland (16%)
- Korea (13%)
- Philippines (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 751 (81%)
- Carpooled: 129 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 43 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
6 people in other group homes
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.3% of residents of Billings township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 63% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,688- In family households: 2,237 (660 male householders, 170 female householders)
700 spouses, 625 children (576 natural, 19 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 5 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 451 (197 male householders (155 living alone)), 184 female householders (167 living alone)), 70 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 511 2-persons, 164 3-persons, 104 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 322 1-person, 53 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
374 married couples with children.
157 single-parent households (34 men, 123 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 55
| Here: | 21.1% |
| 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: 7
| Here: | 13.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |