Elk township, Lake County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Elk township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Elk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 727
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 89
- South: 24
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,080
- Mobile homes: 240
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 66
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,300
Housing units in Elk township with a mortgage: 101 (9 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 126
- Construction (16%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elk township:
- German (20.7%)
- United States or American (12.3%)
- Dutch (9.5%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- English (9.1%)
- Lithuanian (7.4%)
- French (except Basque) (5.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (27%)
- Other Eastern Europe (18%)
- Korea (18%)
- India (18%)
- Australia (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 256 (86%)
- Carpooled: 31 (10%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 11 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (73%)
- Wood (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Electricity (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.1% of residents of Elk township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 904- In family households: 751 (248 male householders, 35 female householders)
254 spouses, 180 children (145 natural, 14 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 12 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 153 (78 male householders (73 living alone)), 60 female householders (51 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 175 2-persons, 51 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 124 1-person, 12 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
98 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (16 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 18.9% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |