Forest township, Missaukee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Forest township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Forest township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 951
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 52
- South: 48
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 398
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 2
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 241
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,900
Housing units in Forest township with a mortgage: 88 (0 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Forest township:
- German (26.5%)
- English (12.1%)
- United States or American (11.7%)
- Dutch (7.4%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- French (except Basque) (5.1%)
- French Canadian (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (31%)
- United Kingdom (23%)
- Ireland (23%)
- Lebanon (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 378 (77%)
- Carpooled: 68 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Utility gas (38%)
- Wood (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (1%)
13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.4% of residents of Forest township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,092- In family households: 943 (244 male householders, 77 female householders)
257 spouses, 303 children (268 natural, 11 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 7 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 149 (66 male householders (58 living alone)), 58 female householders (44 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 161 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 102 1-person, 18 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
178 married couples with children.
68 single-parent households (22 men, 46 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 3.1% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 4.3% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
Here: | 27.6% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |