Higgins township, Roscommon County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (88% naturalized citizens)
| Higgins township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
54% of Higgins township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1714
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 125
- South: 97
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $129,200
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: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Higgins township, Michigan:
- 92 people in nursing homes
- 80 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 839
- One, attached: 21
- Two: 21
- 3 or 4: 46
- 5 to 9: 66
- 10 to 19: 32
- 20 to 49: 18
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 77
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 43
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,500
Housing units in Higgins township with a mortgage: 253 (33 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 239
- Public administration (10%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Higgins township:
- German (21.9%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- English (10.1%)
- United States or American (9.9%)
- French (except Basque) (8.3%)
- Polish (8.0%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (38%)
- Germany (17%)
- Ireland (13%)
- Other South Eastern Asia (13%)
- Canada (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 608 (84%)
- Carpooled: 71 (10%)
- Walked: 26 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 21 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Higgins township, Michigan:
- 92 people in nursing homes
- 80 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.2% of residents of Higgins township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,870- In family households: 1,498 (395 male householders, 116 female householders)
386 spouses, 519 children (485 natural, 7 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 5 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 372 (146 male householders (137 living alone)), 178 female householders (150 living alone)), 48 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 177 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 254 2-persons, 131 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 287 1-person, 35 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 1 5-persons,
292 married couples with children.
151 single-parent households (32 men, 119 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |