James township, Saginaw County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (54% naturalized citizens)
| James township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
76% of James township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 85% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1810
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 49
- South: 27
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $58,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 737
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in James township with a mortgage: 395 (29 second mortgage, 73 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 197
- Transportation equipment (20%)
- Construction (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in James township:
- German (44.0%)
- Polish (8.2%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- English (6.2%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- French (except Basque) (5.7%)
- Scottish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (46%)
- Russia (15%)
- Chile (15%)
- Other South America (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 843 (91%)
- Carpooled: 48 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 13 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 19 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (92%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
97.9% of residents of James township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 48% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,930- In family households: 1,724 (497 male householders, 82 female householders)
527 spouses, 576 children (514 natural, 31 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 5 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 206 (92 male householders (74 living alone)), 79 female householders (68 living alone)), 35 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 265 2-persons, 125 3-persons, 133 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 142 1-person, 24 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
368 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (13 men, 51 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
| Here: | 17.5% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 10.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |