Howard township, Cass County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Howard township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Howard township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3413
- Northeast: 108
- Midwest: 2172
- South: 415
- West: 100
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
7 people in other group homes
4 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,384
- One, attached: 30
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 31
- 5 to 9: 11
- Mobile homes: 177
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,900
Housing units in Howard township with a mortgage: 1,100 (73 second mortgage, 120 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 684
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Howard township:
- German (31.9%)
- United States or American (12.3%)
- English (10.0%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- Polish (6.0%)
- Italian (3.5%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (23%)
- Egypt (23%)
- Spain (20%)
- Germany (17%)
- Canada (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,719 (87%)
- Carpooled: 267 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 21 (1%)
- Walked: 32 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 71 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (4%)
- No fuel used (1%)
7 people in other group homes
4 people in nursing homes
97.3% of residents of Howard township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,283- In family households: 5,554 (1,561 male householders, 307 female householders)
1,586 spouses, 1,802 children (1,682 natural, 9 adopted, 111 stepchildren), 109 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 46 parents, 27 other relatives, 99 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 729 (287 male householders (266 living alone)), 337 female householders (284 living alone)), 105 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 19 (12 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 917 2-persons, 376 3-persons, 379 4-persons, 136 5-persons, 46 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 550 1-person, 53 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 10 5-persons,
1,062 married couples with children.
220 single-parent households (72 men, 148 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 52
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 29
| Here: | 13.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |