Forsyth township, Marquette County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (61% naturalized citizens)
| Forsyth township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
57% of Forsyth township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3484
- Northeast: 144
- Midwest: 687
- South: 280
- West: 124
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $36,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,966
- One, attached: 610
- Two: 335
- 3 or 4: 155
- 5 to 9: 201
- 10 to 19: 45
- 20 to 49: 25
- Mobile homes: 500
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,700
Housing units in Forsyth township with a mortgage: 587 (32 second mortgage, 89 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 438
- Construction (10%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (10%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Forsyth township:
- Finnish (19.5%)
- German (13.9%)
- English (12.2%)
- Italian (10.4%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- French (except Basque) (5.4%)
- French Canadian (5.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (35%)
- Canada (23%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Hong Kong (5%)
- France (4%)
- Portugal (4%)
- Other Eastern Europe (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,739 (82%)
- Carpooled: 290 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 19 (1%)
- Worked at home: 60 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (3%)
97.7% of residents of Forsyth township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,874- In family households: 4,201 (1,233 male householders, 214 female householders)
1,155 spouses, 1,346 children (1,198 natural, 73 adopted, 75 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 42 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 26 other relatives, 131 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 673 (333 male householders (272 living alone)), 242 female householders (218 living alone)), 98 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 735 2-persons, 322 3-persons, 255 4-persons, 94 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 490 1-person, 71 2-persons, 14 3-persons,
734 married couples with children.
296 single-parent households (97 men, 199 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 6.9% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |