Elba township, Gratiot County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Elba township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Elba township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% 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: 1318
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 47
- South: 37
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
41 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 436
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 108
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,100
Housing units in Elba township with a mortgage: 169 (12 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 97
- Transportation equipment (23%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (25%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elba township:
- German (23.6%)
- United States or American (17.8%)
- English (12.4%)
- Czech (8.2%)
- Slovak (7.9%)
- Irish (5.2%)
- Czechoslovakian (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (50%)
- Korea (22%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Canada (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 494 (83%)
- Carpooled: 46 (8%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 19 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 29 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Wood (3%)
- Electricity (1%)
41 people in nursing homes
97.1% of residents of Elba township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,419- In family households: 1,277 (356 male householders, 54 female householders)
341 spouses, 458 children (430 natural, 10 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 11 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 142 (63 male householders (61 living alone)), 72 female householders (68 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 41 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 174 2-persons, 91 3-persons, 91 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 129 1-person, 4 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
254 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (23 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 2.7% |
| 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: 6
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |