Ossineke township, Alpena County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (36% naturalized citizens)
Ossineke township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Ossineke township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1519
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 75
- South: 60
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
2 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 865
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 8
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 136
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,000
Housing units in Ossineke township with a mortgage: 137 (20 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 93
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ossineke township:
- German (37.1%)
- French (except Basque) (9.6%)
- United States or American (8.9%)
- Polish (8.5%)
- English (7.6%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- French Canadian (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (36%)
- Germany (27%)
- Other Eastern Africa (27%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 560 (80%)
- Carpooled: 77 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 46 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (52%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Wood (19%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Electricity (1%)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
2 people in other group homes
95.0% of residents of Ossineke township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,693- In family households: 1,536 (449 male householders, 65 female householders)
433 spouses, 516 children (478 natural, 17 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 31 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 157 (69 male householders (56 living alone)), 74 female householders (74 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 253 2-persons, 101 3-persons, 95 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 130 1-person, 13 2-persons,
355 married couples with children.
66 single-parent households (22 men, 44 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
Here: | 6.0% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 2.7% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 4.5% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |