Orion township, Oakland County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Orion township: | 4.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
49% of Orion 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, 57% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 24880
- Northeast: 1566
- Midwest: 2773
- South: 1789
- West: 671
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $227,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Orion township, Michigan:
- 201 people in nursing homes
- 31 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 22 people in other group homes
- 20 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,978
- One, attached: 559
- Two: 79
- 3 or 4: 398
- 5 to 9: 367
- 10 to 19: 566
- 20 to 49: 247
- 50 or more: 188
- Mobile homes: 456
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,600
Housing units in Orion township with a mortgage: 7,958 (414 second mortgage, 1,384 home equity loan, 52 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,146
- Transportation equipment (26%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Engineers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Orion township:
- German (20.6%)
- Polish (11.5%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- English (9.7%)
- Italian (7.0%)
- United States or American (6.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (20%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Korea (9%)
- Germany (7%)
- Mexico (5%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (4%)
- Other Eastern Europe (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 15,985 (90%)
- Carpooled: 963 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 15 (0%)
- Taxi: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 17 (0%)
- Walked: 155 (1%)
- Other means: 50 (0%)
- Worked at home: 479 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (93%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Orion township, Michigan:
- 201 people in nursing homes
- 31 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 22 people in other group homes
- 20 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 2 people in religious group quarters
93.9% of residents of Orion township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 33,223- In family households: 28,971 (7,436 male householders, 1,530 female householders)
7,517 spouses, 11,296 children (10,311 natural, 251 adopted, 734 stepchildren), 262 grandchildren, 190 brothers or sisters, 99 parents, 196 other relatives, 445 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,252 (1,815 male householders (1,303 living alone)), 1,482 female householders (1,241 living alone)), 955 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 283 (206 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,261 2-persons, 2,033 3-persons, 2,333 4-persons, 1,040 5-persons, 219 6-persons, 80 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,544 1-person, 638 2-persons, 81 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 18 5-persons,
7,988 married couples with children.
1,139 single-parent households (317 men, 822 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 519
| Here: | 11.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 149
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 265
| Here: | 16.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |