Brockway township, St. Clair County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 33.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,900 (all rural)
| Males: 951 |  (50.1%) |
| Females: 949 |  (49.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,890 (1,713 owner occupied, 177 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 9% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Brockway township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.3%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
Median age of males: 35.1
Median age of females: 35.1
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Average household size: 2.97
| Brockway township: | 3.0 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.22
| Brockway township: | $50,285 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $549 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $113,100 (it was $122,700 in 2000)
| : | $113,100 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
| Population density: 56 people per square mile | (average). |
Cities in this township include: Yale.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Brockway township: Tri - Hospital Emergency Medical Services Station 6 (A), Brockway Township Fire Station One (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Brockway township include: Cole Church (A), Emanuel Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Sacred Heart Cemetery (1), Moore Cemetery (2), McFadden Cemetery (3), Elmwood Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Meharg Drain (A), Thompson Drain (B), Thody Drain (C), Sheehy Drain (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Brockway township: Cole United Methodist Church Historical Marker (1). Display/hide its location on the map
61% of Brockway township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 34
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 4
- South: 0
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
4 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 19
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Brockway township with a mortgage: 0 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6
- Construction (21%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brockway township:
- German (26.5%)
- English (23.5%)
- Finnish (14.7%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- Norwegian (8.8%)
- Russian (8.8%)
- Swedish (5.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 19 (56%)
- Carpooled: 3 (9%)
- Walked: 4 (12%)
- Worked at home: 8 (24%)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
4 people in other group homes
92.7% of residents of Brockway township speak English at home.
7.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 41- In family households: 33 (10 male householders, 0 female householders)
16 spouses, 7 children (2 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 8 (3 male householders (3 living alone)), 5 female householders (5 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 8 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 8 1-person,
418 married couples with children.
81 single-parent households (15 men, 66 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |