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Greenwood township, Clare County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (69% naturalized citizens)

Greenwood township:

1.2%
Whole state:

5.3%

62% of Greenwood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Michigan.

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

  • This state: 924
  • Northeast: 23
  • Midwest: 55
  • South: 58
  • West: 24

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Greenwood township, MI map Greenwood township, Michigan satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $36,700


Housing units in Greenwood township with a mortgage: 103 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 60

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 29
  • 1995 to 1998: 101
  • 1990 to 1994: 62
  • 1980 to 1989: 152
  • 1970 to 1979: 254
  • 1960 to 1969: 150
  • 1950 to 1959: 45
  • 1940 to 1949: 31
  • 1939 or earlier: 43

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

  • 1 room: 2
  • 2 rooms: 12
  • 3 rooms: 23
  • 4 rooms: 58
  • 5 rooms: 138
  • 6 rooms: 80
  • 7 rooms: 49
  • 8 rooms: 26
  • 9 or more rooms: 24

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

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

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

  • no bedroom: 2
  • 1 bedroom: 47
  • 2 bedrooms: 129
  • 3 bedrooms: 173
  • 4 bedrooms: 54
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 7

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Greenwood township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 4
  • 2 bedrooms: 23
  • 3 bedrooms: 14
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

  • no vehicle: 13
  • 1 vehicle: 116
  • 2 vehicles: 203
  • 3 vehicles: 61
  • 4 vehicles: 9
  • 5 or more vehicles: 10

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

  • no vehicle: 2
  • 1 vehicle: 17
  • 2 vehicles: 15
  • 3 vehicles: 7
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 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 (11%)
  • Transportation equipment (5%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Wood products (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Accommodation and food services (14%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Cashiers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Greenwood township:

  • German (24.6%)
  • English (16.6%)
  • United States or American (14.1%)
  • Irish (8.4%)
  • French (except Basque) (5.9%)
  • Polish (3.9%)
  • Dutch (2.9%)

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

  • Canada (46%)
  • United Kingdom (23%)
  • Taiwan (15%)
  • Vietnam (15%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (78%)
  • Wood (11%)
  • Electricity (4%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
  • Utility gas (1%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

97.9% of residents of Greenwood township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English well, 57% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,103

Size of family households: 178 2-persons, 70 3-persons, 56 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 74 1-person, 24 2-persons, 2 3-persons,

131 married couples with children.
54 single-parent households (22 men, 32 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here:

5.2%
Michigan:

11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here:

5.6%
Michigan:

8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here:

11.8%
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 Greenwood township:

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