Merritt township, Bay County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (28% naturalized citizens)
Merritt township: | 4.0% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Merritt township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1354
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 19
- South: 39
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
101 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 523
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,300
Housing units in Merritt township with a mortgage: 210 (12 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 157
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Merritt township:
- German (40.5%)
- Polish (16.1%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- French (except Basque) (6.4%)
- English (4.2%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (85%)
- Germany (7%)
- Other South Eastern Asia (5%)
- Canada (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 644 (91%)
- Carpooled: 34 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 11 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 15 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Utility gas (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Wood (2%)
- Electricity (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
101 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
90.9% of residents of Merritt township speak English at home.
6.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,406- In family households: 1,261 (385 male householders, 37 female householders)
382 spouses, 422 children (378 natural, 5 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 9 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 145 (45 male householders (31 living alone)), 70 female householders (70 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 101 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 191 2-persons, 82 3-persons, 110 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 101 1-person, 10 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
294 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (17 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
Here: | 19.0% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 7.0% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 12.8% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |