Brandon township, Oakland County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Brandon township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
58% of Brandon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12472
- Northeast: 328
- Midwest: 738
- South: 628
- West: 238
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $219,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Brandon township, Michigan:
- 60 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 47 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,057
- One, attached: 52
- Two: 38
- 3 or 4: 63
- 5 to 9: 31
- 10 to 19: 19
- 50 or more: 14
- Mobile homes: 1,011
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,500
Housing units in Brandon township with a mortgage: 2,746 (238 second mortgage, 466 home equity loan, 18 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 451
- Transportation equipment (26%)
- Construction (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Engineers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brandon township:
- German (21.0%)
- Polish (11.0%)
- English (10.8%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- Italian (7.9%)
- United States or American (6.3%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (24%)
- Canada (22%)
- Germany (16%)
- Korea (8%)
- Poland (7%)
- Pakistan (5%)
- Hong Kong (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,574 (89%)
- Carpooled: 541 (7%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (0%)
- Other means: 29 (0%)
- Worked at home: 195 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (4%)
People in group quarters in Brandon township, Michigan:
- 60 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 47 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in other group homes
97.0% of residents of Brandon township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 48% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,650- In family households: 13,362 (3,388 male householders, 671 female householders)
3,436 spouses, 5,191 children (4,724 natural, 155 adopted, 312 stepchildren), 129 grandchildren, 52 brothers or sisters, 56 parents, 148 other relatives, 291 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,288 (594 male householders (434 living alone)), 344 female householders (279 living alone)), 350 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 114 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,380 2-persons, 1,002 3-persons, 1,027 4-persons, 452 5-persons, 160 6-persons, 38 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 713 1-person, 175 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
3,628 married couples with children.
672 single-parent households (186 men, 486 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 228
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 72
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 161
| Here: | 23.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |