Elbridge township, Oceana County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (1% naturalized citizens)
| Elbridge township: | 9.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Elbridge township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 844
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 77
- South: 152
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
People in group quarters in Elbridge township, Michigan:
- 109 people in nursing homes
- 45 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 26 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 16 people in other workers' dormitories
- 11 people in other group homes
- 11 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 312
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 83
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,500
Housing units in Elbridge township with a mortgage: 69 (0 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 43
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Social assistance (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elbridge township:
- German (17.5%)
- United States or American (12.4%)
- English (8.4%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
- Polish (3.4%)
- Icelander (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 274 (67%)
- Carpooled: 103 (25%)
- Subway or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 31 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Wood (10%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Elbridge township, Michigan:
- 109 people in nursing homes
- 45 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 26 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 16 people in other workers' dormitories
- 11 people in other group homes
- 11 people in other nonhousehold living situations
75.2% of residents of Elbridge township speak English at home.
24.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 18% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,022- In family households: 896 (216 male householders, 49 female householders)
213 spouses, 321 children (272 natural, 20 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 12 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 126 (41 male householders (27 living alone)), 59 female householders (50 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 214 (29 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 113 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 55 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 77 1-person, 20 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
214 married couples with children.
58 single-parent households (15 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |