Girard township, Branch County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Girard township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Girard township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1445
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 296
- South: 87
- West: 51
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $104,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
140 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 725
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 10
- Mobile homes: 117
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,100
Housing units in Girard township with a mortgage: 257 (28 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 151
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- 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%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Girard township:
- German (28.1%)
- English (17.3%)
- United States or American (17.2%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Polish (5.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (40%)
- United Kingdom (20%)
- Honduras (20%)
- Canada (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 801 (84%)
- Carpooled: 95 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 36 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (4%)
140 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.1% of residents of Girard township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,782- In family households: 1,559 (441 male householders, 82 female householders)
453 spouses, 469 children (427 natural, 20 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 13 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 223 (107 male householders (94 living alone)), 98 female householders (90 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 145 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 256 2-persons, 121 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 184 1-person, 21 2-persons,
282 married couples with children.
49 single-parent households (21 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 12.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 21.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |