Goodland township, Lapeer County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (51% naturalized citizens)
| Goodland township: | 4.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Goodland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1486
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 61
- South: 49
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 543
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 59
Median worth of mobile homes: $102,300
Housing units in Goodland township with a mortgage: 219 (20 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Transportation equipment (26%)
- Construction (14%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Goodland township:
- German (31.2%)
- Polish (12.4%)
- English (8.4%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- United States or American (7.3%)
- Dutch (5.3%)
- Italian (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (36%)
- Canada (28%)
- Jordan (11%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Poland (7%)
- Netherlands (4%)
- Italy (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 640 (82%)
- Carpooled: 103 (13%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 29 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (4%)
93.8% of residents of Goodland township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (32% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 34% speak English not well, 25% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,734- In family households: 1,591 (417 male householders, 69 female householders)
413 spouses, 595 children (526 natural, 32 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 22 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 143 (55 male householders (40 living alone)), 52 female householders (43 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 195 2-persons, 100 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 58 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 83 1-person, 18 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
427 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (18 men, 32 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 38
| Here: | 13.9% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |