Mason township, Arenac County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (88% naturalized citizens)
| Mason township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Mason township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 97% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 895
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 15
- South: 40
- West: 5
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 330
- One, attached: 2
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 97
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,800
Housing units in Mason township with a mortgage: 75 (0 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 55
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mason township:
- German (26.2%)
- United States or American (14.3%)
- Polish (12.0%)
- English (9.0%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- French Canadian (4.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (38%)
- Germany (25%)
- Poland (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 280 (83%)
- Carpooled: 37 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (64%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Wood (14%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
98.2% of residents of Mason township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 972- In family households: 841 (197 male householders, 59 female householders)
178 spouses, 333 children (314 natural, 4 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 16 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 131 (58 male householders (48 living alone)), 44 female householders (37 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 96 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 52 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 85 1-person, 13 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
205 married couples with children.
83 single-parent households (20 men, 63 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 16.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |