Minden township, Sanilac County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Minden township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Minden 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, 82% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 581
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 6
- South: 12
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
18 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 230
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 8
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Minden township with a mortgage: 54 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 64
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (27%)
- Construction (19%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Plastics and rubber products (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Minden township:
- German (33.5%)
- Polish (30.4%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- English (4.0%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- Swedish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 221 (78%)
- Carpooled: 15 (5%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 40 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Wood (8%)
- Electricity (4%)
18 people in unknown juvenile institutions
94.4% of residents of Minden township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (17% speak English very well, 67% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 595- In family households: 509 (124 male householders, 36 female householders)
120 spouses, 196 children (196 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 11 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 86 (36 male householders (32 living alone)), 38 female householders (38 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 19 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 69 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 70 1-person, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
111 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (4 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |