Free Soil township, Mason County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 38.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 809 (all rural)
| Males: 414 |  (51.2%) |
| Females: 395 |  (48.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 809 (713 owner occupied, 96 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Free Soil township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.8%
- Black: 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
- Some other race: 0.5%
Median age of males: 42.2
Median age of females: 43.2
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Average household size: 2.41
| Free Soil township: | 2.4 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.93
| Free Soil township: | $41,592 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $530 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $112,962 (it was $83,300 in 2000)
| : | $112,962 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $158,513
Here: $158,513 State: $159,597
Townhouses or other attached units: $205,192
Here: $205,192 State: $138,735
In 2-unit structures: $100,633
Here: $100,633 State: $89,877
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $182,176
Here: $182,176 State: $110,373
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $228,211
Here: $228,211 State: $119,825
Mobile homes: $28,627
Here: $28,627 State: $33,033
Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $7,331
Here: $7,331 State: $40,667
| Population density: 21 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 22.4% |
| Whole state: | 10.5% |
| This township: | 22.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Cities in this township include: Free Soil.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Camp Sauble State Prison (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Maple Grove Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes: Hoags Lake (A), Mud Lake (B), Gun Lake (C), Roderick Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Ritters Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
97% of Free Soil township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% lived in this county.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 47
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 2
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $10,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 17
Housing units in Free Soil township with a mortgage: 4 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0
- Construction (16%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Free Soil township:
- German (73.0%)
- United States or American (10.8%)
- French (except Basque) (5.4%)
- Norwegian (5.4%)
- Russian (5.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8 (40%)
- Carpooled: 6 (30%)
- Walked: 2 (10%)
- Worked at home: 4 (20%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (40%)
71.1% of residents of Free Soil township speak English at home.
28.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 49- In family households: 49 (13 male householders, 1 female householders)
13 spouses, 17 children (17 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 0 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 4 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
146 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (12 men, 18 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |