Marion township, Sanilac County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (84% naturalized citizens)
| Marion township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Marion 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, 71% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1670
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 34
- South: 51
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $56,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
79 people in nursing homes
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 584
- Two: 30
- 3 or 4: 19
- 5 to 9: 41
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 78
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,800
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 175 (11 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 178
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- German (29.7%)
- English (17.0%)
- United States or American (8.3%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- Polish (7.3%)
- Scottish (4.1%)
- French (except Basque) (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (48%)
- Germany (20%)
- Philippines (16%)
- Mexico (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 626 (73%)
- Carpooled: 114 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 58 (7%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 47 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
79 people in nursing homes
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.2% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,727- In family households: 1,481 (380 male householders, 92 female householders)
393 spouses, 535 children (484 natural, 2 adopted, 49 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 9 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 246 (84 male householders (67 living alone)), 121 female householders (109 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 93 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 214 2-persons, 100 3-persons, 83 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 176 1-person, 25 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
323 married couples with children.
104 single-parent households (15 men, 89 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 10.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |