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Freeman township, Clare County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 0 (80% naturalized citizens)

Freeman township:

0.4%
Whole state:

5.3%

53% of Freeman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 18% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Michigan.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 938
  • Northeast: 33
  • Midwest: 86
  • South: 42
  • West: 33

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,300


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%

No gay or lesbian households reported
Freeman township, MI map Freeman township, Michigan satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $37,200


Housing units in Freeman township with a mortgage: 172 (6 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 118

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 35
  • 1995 to 1998: 138
  • 1990 to 1994: 207
  • 1980 to 1989: 163
  • 1970 to 1979: 201
  • 1960 to 1969: 92
  • 1950 to 1959: 34
  • 1940 to 1949: 28
  • 1939 or earlier: 39

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Freeman township, Michigan:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 2
  • 3 rooms: 21
  • 4 rooms: 87
  • 5 rooms: 135
  • 6 rooms: 98
  • 7 rooms: 57
  • 8 rooms: 19
  • 9 or more rooms: 6

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Freeman township, Michigan:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 2
  • 3 rooms: 2
  • 4 rooms: 7
  • 5 rooms: 23
  • 6 rooms: 4
  • 7 rooms: 2
  • 8 rooms: 2
  • 9 or more rooms: 2

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Freeman township:

  • no bedroom: 6
  • 1 bedroom: 8
  • 2 bedrooms: 181
  • 3 bedrooms: 199
  • 4 bedrooms: 27
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 4

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Freeman township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 2
  • 2 bedrooms: 21
  • 3 bedrooms: 19
  • 4 bedrooms: 2
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Freeman township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 12
  • 1 vehicle: 154
  • 2 vehicles: 191
  • 3 vehicles: 52
  • 4 vehicles: 10
  • 5 or more vehicles: 6

Cars and other vehicles available in Freeman township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 2
  • 1 vehicle: 24
  • 2 vehicles: 12
  • 3 vehicles: 4
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 2

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (12%)
  • Transportation equipment (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (5%)
  • Metal and metal products (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (14%)
  • Health care (11%)
  • Food and beverage stores (9%)
  • Transportation equipment (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Freeman township:

  • German (24.9%)
  • English (10.4%)
  • Irish (10.2%)
  • French (except Basque) (9.7%)
  • United States or American (9.0%)
  • Polish (7.9%)
  • Dutch (2.2%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Ireland (40%)
  • Germany (40%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (51%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
  • Wood (6%)
  • Electricity (3%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)

96.7% of residents of Freeman township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,137

Size of family households: 212 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 96 1-person, 17 2-persons, 2 3-persons,

129 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (19 men, 41 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here:

2.7%
Michigan:

11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here:

2.6%
Michigan:

8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here:

31.6%
Michigan:

16.5%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Freeman township:

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