Calumet township, Houghton County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Calumet township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Calumet township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5950
- Northeast: 154
- Midwest: 449
- South: 179
- West: 143
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Calumet township, Michigan:
- 122 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 50 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 35 people in other group homes
- 29 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 13 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,612
- One, attached: 286
- Two: 128
- 3 or 4: 124
- 5 to 9: 137
- 10 to 19: 72
- 20 to 49: 42
- 50 or more: 43
- Mobile homes: 119
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,400
Housing units in Calumet township with a mortgage: 761 (20 second mortgage, 70 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,181
- Educational services (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Calumet township:
- Finnish (40.7%)
- German (10.1%)
- Italian (8.1%)
- French (except Basque) (6.8%)
- English (6.2%)
- Irish (3.5%)
- Croatian (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (41%)
- Thailand (15%)
- Poland (12%)
- Sweden (10%)
- Turkey (7%)
- Canada (5%)
- Mexico (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,932 (72%)
- Carpooled: 324 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 26 (1%)
- Taxi: 11 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 244 (9%)
- Other means: 21 (1%)
- Worked at home: 111 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
People in group quarters in Calumet township, Michigan:
- 122 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 50 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 35 people in other group homes
- 29 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 13 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
95.2% of residents of Calumet township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (28% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,732- In family households: 5,392 (1,293 male householders, 427 female householders)
1,290 spouses, 2,140 children (2,001 natural, 25 adopted, 114 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 56 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 27 other relatives, 103 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,340 (563 male householders (508 living alone)), 644 female householders (583 living alone)), 133 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 254 (39 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 818 2-persons, 369 3-persons, 283 4-persons, 134 5-persons, 59 6-persons, 57 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,091 1-person, 99 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 1 6-persons,
1,311 married couples with children.
415 single-parent households (108 men, 307 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 28
| Here: | 6.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 45
| Here: | 13.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |