Jasper township, Midland County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 36.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,145 (all rural)
| Males: 594 |  (51.9%) |
| Females: 551 |  (48.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,145 (1,023 owner occupied, 122 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 11% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Jasper township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 35.6
Median age of females: 35.4
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Average household size: 2.74
| Jasper township: | 2.7 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.15
| Jasper township: | $49,913 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $561 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $125,700 (it was $96,300 in 2000)
| : | $125,700 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
| Population density: 32 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 7.1% |
| Whole state: | 10.5% |
| This township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Mibbelloon Dairy (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Jasper Township Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
74% of Jasper township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 6% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1040
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 32
- South: 52
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 319
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 111
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,300
Housing units in Jasper township with a mortgage: 97 (7 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 49
- Construction (14%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jasper township:
- German (28.3%)
- United States or American (18.8%)
- English (13.0%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- Polish (5.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 428 (82%)
- Carpooled: 56 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 28 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (73%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
98.7% of residents of Jasper township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,144- In family households: 1,006 (274 male householders, 31 female householders)
278 spouses, 382 children (340 natural, 12 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 138 (75 male householders (48 living alone)), 33 female householders (31 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 121 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 79 1-person, 26 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
237 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (23 men, 32 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |