Lapeer township, Lapeer County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (94% naturalized citizens)
Lapeer township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Lapeer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% 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: 4304
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 324
- South: 249
- West: 57
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Lapeer township, Michigan:
- 24 people in other group homes
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,708
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 17
- 5 to 9: 33
- Mobile homes: 51
Median worth of mobile homes: $83,200
Housing units in Lapeer township with a mortgage: 824 (44 second mortgage, 145 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 358
- Transportation equipment (23%)
- Construction (12%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lapeer township:
- German (24.4%)
- English (19.3%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- United States or American (6.4%)
- Polish (5.9%)
- Italian (4.7%)
- Scottish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (71%)
- Canada (14%)
- Yugoslavia (9%)
- Costa Rica (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,104 (87%)
- Carpooled: 204 (8%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 11 (0%)
- Other means: 27 (1%)
- Worked at home: 61 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Lapeer township, Michigan:
- 24 people in other group homes
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.9% of residents of Lapeer township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 58% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,028- In family households: 4,662 (1,252 male householders, 210 female householders)
1,286 spouses, 1,752 children (1,631 natural, 27 adopted, 94 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 45 other relatives, 66 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 366 (162 male householders (123 living alone)), 143 female householders (123 living alone)), 61 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 50 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 591 2-persons, 337 3-persons, 313 4-persons, 162 5-persons, 52 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 246 1-person, 53 2-persons, 6 4-persons,
1,122 married couples with children.
174 single-parent households (62 men, 112 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 81
Here: | 11.6% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
Here: | 6.8% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 1.5% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |