Otsego Lake township, Otsego County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (80% naturalized citizens)
| Otsego Lake township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
51% of Otsego Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2014
- Northeast: 94
- Midwest: 217
- South: 92
- West: 64
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $175,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,747
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 5
- 10 to 19: 8
- Mobile homes: 260
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,900
Housing units in Otsego Lake township with a mortgage: 447 (30 second mortgage, 78 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 314
- Construction (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Otsego Lake township:
- German (24.9%)
- English (12.1%)
- United States or American (10.9%)
- Polish (9.2%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Italian (4.7%)
- French (except Basque) (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (30%)
- Germany (27%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Italy (11%)
- Austria (5%)
- Ukraine (5%)
- Ireland (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 831 (83%)
- Carpooled: 103 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 3 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 46 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (52%)
- Utility gas (33%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.6% of residents of Otsego Lake township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 61% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,547- In family households: 2,223 (722 male householders, 84 female householders)
701 spouses, 593 children (533 natural, 18 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 22 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 324 (150 male householders (118 living alone)), 121 female householders (109 living alone)), 53 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 499 2-persons, 103 3-persons, 127 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 227 1-person, 42 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
424 married couples with children.
92 single-parent households (40 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 34
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 0.9% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |