Ferry township, Oceana County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (21% naturalized citizens)
| Ferry township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Ferry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1048
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 105
- South: 70
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
19 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 376
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 213
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,800
Housing units in Ferry township with a mortgage: 86 (2 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 54
- Metal and metal products (20%)
- Construction (18%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ferry township:
- German (23.2%)
- United States or American (13.0%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- English (8.5%)
- Polish (6.0%)
- Dutch (5.0%)
- French Canadian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (79%)
- Germany (10%)
- Korea (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 434 (80%)
- Carpooled: 78 (14%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (63%)
- Wood (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
19 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
93.1% of residents of Ferry township speak English at home.
6.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 26% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European 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: 1,255- In family households: 1,119 (294 male householders, 68 female householders)
270 spouses, 423 children (362 natural, 26 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 13 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 136 (62 male householders (46 living alone)), 47 female householders (42 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 19 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 155 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 78 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 88 1-person, 15 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
243 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (32 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 2.1% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 14.8% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |