Emerson township, Gratiot County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
Emerson township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Emerson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 877
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 17
- South: 28
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $38,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
9 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 332
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 47
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Emerson township with a mortgage: 97 (10 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 60
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Emerson township:
- German (28.6%)
- United States or American (16.1%)
- English (13.7%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- Scottish (5.4%)
- French (except Basque) (4.8%)
- Polish (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 408 (86%)
- Carpooled: 39 (8%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (3%)
9 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
95.5% of residents of Emerson township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 957- In family households: 871 (251 male householders, 31 female householders)
262 spouses, 287 children (265 natural, 0 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 11 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 86 (39 male householders (36 living alone)), 34 female householders (29 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 9 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 119 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 65 1-person, 6 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
201 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (17 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 9.1% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 26.9% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |