Colfax township, Benzie County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Colfax township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Colfax township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 18% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 475
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 44
- South: 25
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 194
- One, attached: 3
- Mobile homes: 90
Median worth of mobile homes: $54,100
Housing units in Colfax township with a mortgage: 44 (2 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 21
- Construction (33%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Food (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (23%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Private households (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Colfax township:
- German (26.6%)
- English (15.3%)
- Dutch (9.7%)
- United States or American (8.3%)
- French Canadian (5.9%)
- Polish (2.4%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 210 (80%)
- Carpooled: 37 (14%)
- Other means: 6 (2%)
- Worked at home: 9 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Wood (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
97.4% of residents of Colfax township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 569- In family households: 496 (132 male householders, 25 female householders)
140 spouses, 190 children (160 natural, 9 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 73 (45 male householders (38 living alone)), 15 female householders (9 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 62 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 47 1-person, 10 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
124 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (8 men, 22 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% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |