Norway township, Dickinson County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Norway township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Norway 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, 55% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1246
- Northeast: 36
- Midwest: 195
- South: 32
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 679
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 13
- Mobile homes: 41
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,500
Housing units in Norway township with a mortgage: 199 (8 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 179
- Paper (16%)
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Paper (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Norway township:
- Italian (18.8%)
- German (14.5%)
- Polish (12.7%)
- French (except Basque) (8.6%)
- Swedish (7.5%)
- French Canadian (7.2%)
- Irish (5.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (60%)
- Chile (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 648 (87%)
- Carpooled: 55 (7%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (2%)
14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.0% of residents of Norway township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,554- In family households: 1,352 (404 male householders, 49 female householders)
380 spouses, 481 children (425 natural, 11 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 202 (85 male householders (61 living alone)), 88 female householders (83 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 15 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 191 2-persons, 114 3-persons, 93 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 144 1-person, 27 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
337 married couples with children.
70 single-parent households (25 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
Here: | 13.2% |
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: 3
Here: | 5.8% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |