Dryden township, Lapeer County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (86% naturalized citizens)
| Dryden township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Dryden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3920
- Northeast: 125
- Midwest: 191
- South: 229
- West: 60
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
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
18 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,547
- Two: 36
- 3 or 4: 12
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 68
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,700
Housing units in Dryden township with a mortgage: 581 (79 second mortgage, 118 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 187
- Transportation equipment (26%)
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (2%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Engineers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (3%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dryden township:
- German (20.5%)
- Polish (11.6%)
- English (10.1%)
- Italian (8.9%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- French (except Basque) (6.0%)
- United States or American (5.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (38%)
- Canada (29%)
- Hungary (9%)
- India (8%)
- Ireland (7%)
- Germany (6%)
- Australia (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,763 (80%)
- Carpooled: 298 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 15 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 74 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
18 people in other group homes
96.2% of residents of Dryden township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,606- In family households: 4,362 (1,194 male householders, 172 female householders)
1,215 spouses, 1,538 children (1,442 natural, 18 adopted, 78 stepchildren), 90 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 42 parents, 50 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 244 (152 male householders (145 living alone)), 67 female householders (63 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 18 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 587 2-persons, 263 3-persons, 299 4-persons, 158 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 208 1-person, 5 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
1,120 married couples with children.
98 single-parent households (30 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |