Gerrish township, Roscommon County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Gerrish township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Gerrish township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2554
- Northeast: 94
- Midwest: 158
- South: 108
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,035
- One, attached: 33
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 36
- 10 to 19: 7
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 205
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,600
Housing units in Gerrish township with a mortgage: 484 (21 second mortgage, 71 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 492
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gerrish township:
- German (29.8%)
- English (11.9%)
- Irish (11.8%)
- Polish (7.9%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- French (except Basque) (5.4%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (23%)
- Germany (20%)
- Canada (20%)
- Italy (16%)
- Laos (13%)
- India (6%)
- Egypt (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 942 (86%)
- Carpooled: 98 (9%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
96.5% of residents of Gerrish township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (30% speak English very well, 70% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,058- In family households: 2,661 (840 male householders, 123 female householders)
892 spouses, 698 children (622 natural, 46 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 48 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 17 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 397 (162 male householders (147 living alone)), 195 female householders (178 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 599 2-persons, 147 3-persons, 130 4-persons, 60 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 325 1-person, 25 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
465 married couples with children.
103 single-parent households (25 men, 78 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 7.8% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |