Ely township, Marquette County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (47% naturalized citizens)
| Ely township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Ely township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1754
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 144
- South: 30
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 951
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 1
- Mobile homes: 147
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,400
Housing units in Ely township with a mortgage: 234 (8 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 175
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Construction (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (37%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (14%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ely township:
- Finnish (36.2%)
- English (9.7%)
- German (9.3%)
- French (except Basque) (8.3%)
- Italian (6.2%)
- Irish (5.6%)
- Swedish (5.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (33%)
- Germany (13%)
- Italy (13%)
- Philippines (13%)
- Canada (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 769 (82%)
- Carpooled: 116 (12%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Worked at home: 34 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Utility gas (18%)
- Wood (8%)
- Electricity (5%)
96.4% of residents of Ely township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
1.9% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,998- In family households: 1,805 (501 male householders, 57 female householders)
508 spouses, 666 children (611 natural, 17 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 5 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 193 (101 male householders (77 living alone)), 55 female householders (54 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 242 2-persons, 110 3-persons, 122 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 131 1-person, 17 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
473 married couples with children.
54 single-parent households (21 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 1.9% |
| 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: | 9.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |