Melrose township, Charlevoix County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Melrose township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Melrose township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% 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: 1226
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 68
- South: 38
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
6 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 769
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 4
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 8
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 72
Median worth of mobile homes: $62,900
Housing units in Melrose township with a mortgage: 179 (9 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 89
- Construction (24%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Melrose township:
- German (22.6%)
- English (13.1%)
- United States or American (12.0%)
- Polish (9.2%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- French Canadian (4.2%)
- Dutch (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Egypt (29%)
- Italy (24%)
- United Kingdom (18%)
- Netherlands (12%)
- Ukraine (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 538 (79%)
- Carpooled: 80 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 48 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (68%)
- Wood (11%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
6 people in other group homes
96.6% of residents of Melrose township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,415- In family households: 1,256 (325 male householders, 81 female householders)
344 spouses, 449 children (399 natural, 9 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 6 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 159 (76 male householders (59 living alone)), 58 female householders (52 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 185 2-persons, 77 3-persons, 89 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 17 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 111 1-person, 21 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
324 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (20 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 6.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |