Elba township, Lapeer County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
| Elba township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Elba township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4836
- Northeast: 59
- Midwest: 188
- South: 219
- West: 53
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $237,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Elba township, Michigan:
- 21 people in other group homes
- 17 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,957
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 28
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 110
Median worth of mobile homes: $97,500
Housing units in Elba township with a mortgage: 911 (71 second mortgage, 172 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 381
- Transportation equipment (22%)
- Construction (18%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elba township:
- German (25.0%)
- English (13.5%)
- Polish (10.2%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- United States or American (8.8%)
- French (except Basque) (4.5%)
- French Canadian (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (52%)
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Germany (12%)
- Iran (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,050 (83%)
- Carpooled: 268 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 17 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 127 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Elba township, Michigan:
- 21 people in other group homes
- 17 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.5% of residents of Elba township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,397- In family households: 4,942 (1,345 male householders, 258 female householders)
1,277 spouses, 1,769 children (1,621 natural, 68 adopted, 80 stepchildren), 83 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 57 other relatives, 99 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 455 (240 male householders (179 living alone)), 106 female householders (83 living alone)), 109 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 39 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 712 2-persons, 323 3-persons, 362 4-persons, 131 5-persons, 48 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 262 1-person, 65 2-persons, 19 3-persons,
1,156 married couples with children.
177 single-parent households (62 men, 115 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 67
| Here: | 10.2% |
| 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: 56
| Here: | 27.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |