Harrison township, Macomb County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Harrison township: | 4.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
56% of Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 19952
- Northeast: 621
- Midwest: 1260
- South: 1072
- West: 402
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $189,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Harrison township, Michigan:
- 20 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in military barracks, etc.
- 9 people in other group homes
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in military transient quarters for temporary residents
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,144
- One, attached: 956
- Two: 77
- 3 or 4: 516
- 5 to 9: 564
- 10 to 19: 1,435
- 20 to 49: 381
- 50 or more: 526
- Mobile homes: 835
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 51
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,600
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 4,612 (320 second mortgage, 892 home equity loan, 27 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,576
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Construction (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- German (22.0%)
- Polish (13.5%)
- Italian (12.7%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- English (6.9%)
- United States or American (5.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (21%)
- Germany (17%)
- Iraq (8%)
- Poland (8%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (6%)
- Italy (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 12,042 (89%)
- Carpooled: 1,030 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 21 (0%)
- Bicycle: 11 (0%)
- Walked: 63 (0%)
- Other means: 88 (1%)
- Worked at home: 207 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (91%)
- Electricity (8%)
People in group quarters in Harrison township, Michigan:
- 20 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in military barracks, etc.
- 9 people in other group homes
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in military transient quarters for temporary residents
93.6% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (29% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 43% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (45% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 24,408- In family households: 19,280 (5,200 male householders, 1,212 female householders)
5,169 spouses, 6,715 children (6,247 natural, 84 adopted, 384 stepchildren), 171 grandchildren, 153 brothers or sisters, 139 parents, 156 other relatives, 365 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,128 (2,226 male householders (1,718 living alone)), 2,069 female householders (1,823 living alone)), 833 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 51 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,883 2-persons, 1,553 3-persons, 1,278 4-persons, 480 5-persons, 218 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,541 1-person, 685 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
3,934 married couples with children.
1,105 single-parent households (308 men, 797 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 187
| Here: | 7.8% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 110
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 197
| Here: | 17.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |