Ira township, St. Clair County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (86% naturalized citizens)
| Ira township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
74% of Ira township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1850
- Northeast: 156
- Midwest: 18
- South: 48
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $90,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 666
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 168
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Ira township with a mortgage: 291 (38 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 137
- Construction (21%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ira township:
- German (18.9%)
- Polish (13.5%)
- English (11.1%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- Italian (9.1%)
- Welsh (8.1%)
- United States or American (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (33%)
- Germany (19%)
- Romania (14%)
- Colombia (14%)
- Portugal (10%)
- Korea (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 835 (85%)
- Carpooled: 86 (9%)
- Walked: 14 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 50 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Coal or coke (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.9% of residents of Ira township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,073- In family households: 1,816 (470 male householders, 112 female householders)
487 spouses, 600 children (556 natural, 11 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 25 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 257 (117 male householders (86 living alone)), 97 female householders (83 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 37 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 246 2-persons, 138 3-persons, 137 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 169 1-person, 40 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
1,317 married couples with children.
472 single-parent households (107 men, 365 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |