Ironwood township, Gogebic County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (58% naturalized citizens)
Ironwood township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Ironwood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 22% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1531
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 627
- South: 62
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
3 people in other group homes
2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,162
- One, attached: 42
- Two: 71
- 3 or 4: 61
- 5 to 9: 102
- 20 to 49: 27
- Mobile homes: 98
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,400
Housing units in Ironwood township with a mortgage: 202 (21 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 317
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ironwood township:
- Finnish (27.5%)
- Italian (13.5%)
- German (9.8%)
- Swedish (8.6%)
- English (7.0%)
- Irish (5.5%)
- Polish (5.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (37%)
- Russia (21%)
- Philippines (21%)
- Canada (21%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 911 (85%)
- Carpooled: 109 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Taxi: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 41 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Wood (10%)
- Electricity (6%)
3 people in other group homes
2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.8% of residents of Ironwood township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
2.7% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,297- In family households: 1,957 (602 male householders, 106 female householders)
597 spouses, 582 children (549 natural, 12 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 14 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 340 (161 male householders (147 living alone)), 157 female householders (153 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 402 2-persons, 142 3-persons, 120 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 300 1-person, 15 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
382 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): 34
Here: | 13.9% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
Here: | 13.4% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |