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Gilmore township, Benzie County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)

Gilmore township:

0.2%
Whole state:

5.3%

58% of Gilmore township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Michigan.

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

  • This state: 740
  • Northeast: 21
  • Midwest: 60
  • South: 44
  • West: 10

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%

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
Gilmore township, MI map Gilmore township, Michigan satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $37,800


Housing units in Gilmore township with a mortgage: 121 (4 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 78

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 20
  • 1995 to 1998: 37
  • 1990 to 1994: 20
  • 1980 to 1989: 53
  • 1970 to 1979: 52
  • 1960 to 1969: 28
  • 1950 to 1959: 29
  • 1940 to 1949: 34
  • 1939 or earlier: 153

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

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 2
  • 3 rooms: 14
  • 4 rooms: 48
  • 5 rooms: 66
  • 6 rooms: 55
  • 7 rooms: 52
  • 8 rooms: 28
  • 9 or more rooms: 21

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

  • 1 room: 2
  • 2 rooms: 3
  • 3 rooms: 10
  • 4 rooms: 14
  • 5 rooms: 11
  • 6 rooms: 13
  • 7 rooms: 4
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

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

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 16
  • 2 bedrooms: 84
  • 3 bedrooms: 138
  • 4 bedrooms: 37
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 11

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Gilmore township:

  • no bedroom: 2
  • 1 bedroom: 13
  • 2 bedrooms: 17
  • 3 bedrooms: 23
  • 4 bedrooms: 2
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

  • no vehicle: 11
  • 1 vehicle: 77
  • 2 vehicles: 148
  • 3 vehicles: 37
  • 4 vehicles: 7
  • 5 or more vehicles: 6

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

  • no vehicle: 2
  • 1 vehicle: 25
  • 2 vehicles: 23
  • 3 vehicles: 3
  • 4 vehicles: 4
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

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

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (17%)
  • Food (8%)
  • Health care (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
  • Educational services (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (28%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Construction (6%)
  • Machinery (6%)
  • Social assistance (4%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
  • Construction laborers (4%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Gilmore township:

  • German (28.6%)
  • English (11.2%)
  • Irish (10.9%)
  • United States or American (10.6%)
  • Polish (5.5%)
  • Norwegian (4.3%)
  • French (except Basque) (4.1%)

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

  • United Kingdom (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (63%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
  • Electricity (3%)
  • Wood (2%)
  • No fuel used (1%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

96.8% of residents of Gilmore township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 881

Size of family households: 109 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 53 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 83 1-person, 8 2-persons, 5 3-persons,

146 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (17 men, 42 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): 2
Here:

3.0%
Michigan:

8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here:

0.0%
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 Gilmore township:

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