Osceola township, Osceola County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (81% naturalized citizens)
Osceola township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Osceola 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, 91% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 987
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 77
- South: 36
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
People in group quarters in Osceola township, Michigan:
- 25 people in halfway houses
- 22 people in other group homes
- 12 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 10 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 386
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 166
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,600
Housing units in Osceola township with a mortgage: 67 (1 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Transportation equipment (21%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Osceola township:
- German (21.3%)
- United States or American (13.4%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- French (except Basque) (7.6%)
- English (7.0%)
- Polish (5.2%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (56%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (31%)
- Japan (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 393 (80%)
- Carpooled: 62 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (2%)
- Bicycle: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 15 (3%)
- Worked at home: 12 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (56%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (10%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in Osceola township, Michigan:
- 25 people in halfway houses
- 22 people in other group homes
- 12 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 10 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.0% of residents of Osceola township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,110- In family households: 990 (283 male householders, 50 female householders)
277 spouses, 306 children (275 natural, 12 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 12 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 120 (56 male householders (45 living alone)), 39 female householders (30 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 57 (37 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 166 2-persons, 62 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 75 1-person, 18 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
191 married couples with children.
53 single-parent households (26 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here: | 14.2% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
Here: | 24.0% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 19.4% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |