Franklin township, Lenawee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2378
- Northeast: 78
- Midwest: 284
- South: 144
- West: 52
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,175
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 16
- Mobile homes: 79
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,600
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 463 (61 second mortgage, 95 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 141
- Transportation equipment (21%)
- Construction (18%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (28.7%)
- Irish (12.7%)
- English (11.7%)
- United States or American (11.4%)
- Polish (6.6%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (18%)
- Japan (18%)
- Ireland (12%)
- Poland (12%)
- Philippines (12%)
- Canada (12%)
- Korea (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,320 (90%)
- Carpooled: 89 (6%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (1%)
98.6% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,970- In family households: 2,724 (735 male householders, 139 female householders)
754 spouses, 942 children (816 natural, 7 adopted, 119 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 46 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 246 (139 male householders (124 living alone)), 73 female householders (65 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 381 2-persons, 179 3-persons, 176 4-persons, 86 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 189 1-person, 12 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
647 married couples with children.
74 single-parent households (22 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
| Here: | 12.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 21.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |