Hillsdale township, Hillsdale County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (20% naturalized citizens)
| Hillsdale township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
56% of Hillsdale 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, 48% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1345
- Northeast: 80
- Midwest: 263
- South: 83
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
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
12 people in homes for the mentally ill
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 684
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 73
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,400
Housing units in Hillsdale township with a mortgage: 281 (39 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 133
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Health care (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hillsdale township:
- German (34.1%)
- English (13.8%)
- United States or American (11.5%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.2%)
- Dutch (4.0%)
- Polish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (32%)
- Ghana (23%)
- India (18%)
- Germany (12%)
- Philippines (9%)
- Taiwan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 797 (86%)
- Carpooled: 49 (5%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 27 (3%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (1%)
12 people in homes for the mentally ill
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.1% of residents of Hillsdale township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,863- In family households: 1,713 (495 male householders, 76 female householders)
506 spouses, 547 children (516 natural, 8 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 10 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 150 (54 male householders (36 living alone)), 71 female householders (65 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 275 2-persons, 86 3-persons, 138 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 101 1-person, 24 2-persons,
370 married couples with children.
68 single-parent households (21 men, 47 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
| Here: | 17.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |