Hope township, Midland County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (21% naturalized citizens)
| Hope township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Hope township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1134
- Northeast: 37
- Midwest: 54
- South: 28
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 500
- One, attached: 4
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 100
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,300
Housing units in Hope township with a mortgage: 200 (4 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 86
- Construction (27%)
- Chemicals (12%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (12%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hope township:
- German (31.5%)
- English (13.4%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- French (except Basque) (6.1%)
- French Canadian (5.5%)
- Polish (5.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Trinidad and Tobago (64%)
- Germany (21%)
- Cuba (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 570 (87%)
- Carpooled: 62 (9%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 21 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (67%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (1%)
98.0% of residents of Hope township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,288- In family households: 1,149 (349 male householders, 48 female householders)
355 spouses, 364 children (344 natural, 5 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 7 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 139 (73 male householders (63 living alone)), 45 female householders (34 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 208 2-persons, 78 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 97 1-person, 19 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
229 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (25 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 7.8% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |