Hersey township, Osceola County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Hersey township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Hersey township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1579
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 103
- South: 97
- West: 55
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
40 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
2 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 710
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 312
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $48,800
Housing units in Hersey township with a mortgage: 177 (6 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 129
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hersey township:
- German (29.6%)
- United States or American (10.9%)
- English (9.6%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- Polish (6.2%)
- French (except Basque) (6.0%)
- Dutch (5.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (39%)
- Netherlands (28%)
- Dominican Republic (11%)
- Mexico (11%)
- Brazil (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 692 (82%)
- Carpooled: 72 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 59 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (60%)
- Utility gas (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (5%)
40 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
2 people in homes for the physically handicapped
96.7% of residents of Hersey township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,840- In family households: 1,630 (454 male householders, 81 female householders)
435 spouses, 575 children (531 natural, 5 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 7 other relatives, 62 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 210 (90 male householders (69 living alone)), 87 female householders (85 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 50 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 235 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 116 4-persons, 62 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 154 1-person, 19 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
362 married couples with children.
98 single-parent households (32 men, 66 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 0.8% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 10.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 10.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |