North Star township, Gratiot County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 40 (24% naturalized citizens)
| North Star township: | 40.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
53% of North Star township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1947
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 317
- South: 111
- West: 112
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
20 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 810
- One, attached: 35
- Two: 22
- 3 or 4: 101
- 5 to 9: 36
- 10 to 19: 30
- Mobile homes: 198
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,300
Housing units in North Star township with a mortgage: 186 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 281
- Construction (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Public administration (2%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Star township:
- United States or American (35.3%)
- German (10.3%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- English (6.6%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
- Norwegian (1.0%)
- Czech (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (91%)
- Honduras (3%)
- Argentina (3%)
- Japan (1%)
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 831 (66%)
- Carpooled: 242 (19%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 96 (8%)
- Other means: 26 (2%)
- Worked at home: 52 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (2%)
20 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
81.0% of residents of North Star township speak English at home.
18.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (25% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 33% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,768- In family households: 2,296 (527 male householders, 176 female householders)
546 spouses, 846 children (764 natural, 6 adopted, 76 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 47 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 42 other relatives, 69 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 472 (187 male householders (138 living alone)), 210 female householders (205 living alone)), 75 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 149 (108 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 281 2-persons, 159 3-persons, 120 4-persons, 83 5-persons, 47 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 343 1-person, 44 2-persons, 7 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 1 6-persons,
182 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (14 men, 25 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): 6
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |