Little Traverse township, Emmet County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 18.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.4 sq. mi.
Population: 2,426 (all rural)
| Males: 1,196 |  (49.3%) |
| Females: 1,230 |  (50.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,416 (2,054 owner occupied, 362 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Little Traverse township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.8%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.9%
- Asian: 0.5%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.8%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 40.1
Median age of females: 40.6
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Average household size: 2.47
| Little Traverse township: | 2.5 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.89
| Little Traverse township: | $51,492 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $634 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $161,912 (it was $123,600 in 2000)
| : | $161,912 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $252,703
Here: $252,703 State: $159,597
Townhouses or other attached units: $271,577
Here: $271,577 State: $138,735
In 2-unit structures: $228,769
Here: $228,769 State: $89,877
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $347,091
Here: $347,091 State: $110,373
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $245,340
Here: $245,340 State: $119,825
Mobile homes: $35,227
Here: $35,227 State: $33,033
Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $22,951
Here: $22,951 State: $40,667
| Population density: 135 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 6.1% |
| Whole state: | 10.5% |
| This township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Cities in this township include: Conway.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Little Traverse township: Wequetonsing Golf Club (A), Little Traverse Bay Golf Club (B), Allied Emergency Medical Services Systems (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Little Traverse township: Shepherd in the Pines Lutheran Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Conway Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
62% of Little Traverse township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% 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: 1930
- Northeast: 79
- Midwest: 275
- South: 72
- West: 49
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
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
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,115
- One, attached: 27
- Two: 60
- 3 or 4: 148
- 5 to 9: 127
- Mobile homes: 98
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,300
Housing units in Little Traverse township with a mortgage: 368 (31 second mortgage, 54 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 188
- Construction (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Little Traverse township:
- German (23.6%)
- English (14.0%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- United States or American (8.8%)
- Polish (7.4%)
- Dutch (5.2%)
- Italian (4.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 945 (83%)
- Carpooled: 97 (9%)
- Ferryboat: 4 (0%)
- Taxi: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 56 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
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98.2% of residents of Little Traverse township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,405- In family households: 2,102 (592 male householders, 149 female householders)
605 spouses, 695 children (642 natural, 25 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 16 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 303 (118 male householders (100 living alone)), 153 female householders (134 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 404 2-persons, 144 3-persons, 118 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 234 1-person, 37 2-persons,
487 married couples with children.
116 single-parent households (31 men, 85 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 59
| Here: | 18.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 5.8% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |