Comins township, Oscoda County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Comins township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Comins township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1663
- Northeast: 42
- Midwest: 179
- South: 75
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
60 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 886
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 7
- 20 to 49: 3
- 50 or more: 59
- Mobile homes: 209
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,500
Housing units in Comins township with a mortgage: 173 (13 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 155
- Wood products (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (17%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Comins township:
- German (33.3%)
- United States or American (14.0%)
- English (10.7%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- French (except Basque) (6.4%)
- Polish (5.1%)
- Italian (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (16%)
- Germany (16%)
- Barbados (12%)
- Guatemala (12%)
- Brazil (12%)
- Other Western Europe (8%)
- Italy (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 587 (80%)
- Carpooled: 70 (10%)
- Railroad: 1 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 16 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 48 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Wood (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
60 people in nursing homes
94.4% of residents of Comins township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
5.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,960- In family households: 1,689 (468 male householders, 89 female householders)
473 spouses, 586 children (547 natural, 12 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 15 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 271 (96 male householders (83 living alone)), 143 female householders (136 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 60 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 303 2-persons, 77 3-persons, 93 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 219 1-person, 17 2-persons, 1 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
393 married couples with children.
80 single-parent households (29 men, 51 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
| Here: | 13.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 13.2% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 22.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |