Homestead township, Benzie County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (87% naturalized citizens)
| Homestead township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Homestead township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1674
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 134
- South: 85
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 769
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 186
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $59,000
Housing units in Homestead township with a mortgage: 255 (10 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 128
- Construction (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Homestead township:
- German (23.4%)
- English (12.7%)
- United States or American (9.2%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- Polish (6.9%)
- French (except Basque) (5.7%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (33%)
- United Kingdom (27%)
- Romania (10%)
- Japan (10%)
- Sweden (7%)
- Other Northern Europe (7%)
- Yugoslavia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 771 (81%)
- Carpooled: 116 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Taxi: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 26 (3%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 31 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Wood (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
95.6% of residents of Homestead township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,001- In family households: 1,744 (446 male householders, 115 female householders)
480 spouses, 561 children (509 natural, 11 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 35 other relatives, 57 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 257 (103 male householders (82 living alone)), 108 female householders (93 living alone)), 46 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 252 2-persons, 128 3-persons, 106 4-persons, 60 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 175 1-person, 29 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
374 married couples with children.
121 single-parent households (42 men, 79 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 24.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |