Goodar township, Ogemaw County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 35.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.6 sq. mi.
Population: 493 (all rural)
| Males: 233 |  (47.3%) |
| Females: 260 |  (52.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 493 (454 owner occupied, 39 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 8% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Goodar township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.4%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.4%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 53.4
Median age of females: 51.7
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Average household size: 2.16
| Goodar township: | 2.2 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.59
| Goodar township: | $35,032 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $476 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $86,411 (it was $77,100 in 2000)
| : | $86,411 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $119,778
Here: $119,778 State: $159,597
Townhouses or other attached units: $160,240
Here: $160,240 State: $138,735
Mobile homes: $30,147
Here: $30,147 State: $33,033
| Population density: 14 people per square mile | (low). |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Goodar Township Volunteer Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Oak Grove Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes and swamps: Au Sable Lake (A), Beanshuttle Lakes (B), Dollar Lake (C), Harper Lake (D), Little Au Sable Lake (E), Mink Lake (F), Rat Lake (G), Redhead Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Au Sable Creek (A), Harper Creek (B), Mink Creek (C), Mattson Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
94% of Goodar 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: 34
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 0
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 16
Housing units in Goodar 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 (19%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (10%)
- Utilities (10%)
- U. S. Postal service (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Health care (17%)
- Food and beverage stores (15%)
- Other direct selling establishments (15%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Food (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Business operations specialists (15%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (11%)
- Customer service representatives (11%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Goodar township:
- German (54.2%)
- Dutch (29.2%)
- Norwegian (8.3%)
- Polish (8.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 13 (59%)
- Carpooled: 1 (5%)
- Walked: 3 (14%)
- Worked at home: 5 (23%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (63%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Utility gas (13%)
94.1% of residents of Goodar township speak English at home.
5.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 34- In family households: 30 (9 male householders, 2 female householders)
11 spouses, 8 children (8 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4 (4 male householders (4 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 4 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4 1-person,
58 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (2 men, 13 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% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
| Here: | 100.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |