Newkirk township, Lake County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Newkirk township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
58% of Newkirk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 637
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 52
- South: 47
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $36,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 470
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 282
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,600
Housing units in Newkirk township with a mortgage: 57 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 60
- Construction (22%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (21%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (18%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Financial managers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Newkirk township:
- German (20.2%)
- Irish (16.7%)
- United States or American (15.1%)
- English (8.7%)
- French (except Basque) (8.5%)
- Polish (6.4%)
- Italian (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (71%)
- Poland (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 171 (69%)
- Carpooled: 57 (23%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (2%)
- Worked at home: 9 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%)
- Wood (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (2%)
96.4% of residents of Newkirk township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 777- In family households: 676 (155 male householders, 54 female householders)
155 spouses, 252 children (221 natural, 4 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 9 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 101 (47 male householders (40 living alone)), 38 female householders (36 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 98 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 76 1-person, 8 2-persons, 1 6-persons,
114 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (5 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 3.4% |
| 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: 1
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |