Owosso township, Shiawassee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Owosso township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Owosso township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4162
- Northeast: 83
- Midwest: 156
- South: 191
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
28 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,396
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 52
- 3 or 4: 45
- 5 to 9: 35
- 20 to 49: 44
- Mobile homes: 346
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,600
Housing units in Owosso township with a mortgage: 660 (38 second mortgage, 48 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 329
- Construction (11%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Owosso township:
- German (29.9%)
- United States or American (12.1%)
- English (11.2%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- French (except Basque) (6.5%)
- Swedish (3.2%)
- Italian (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (46%)
- Germany (25%)
- Canada (11%)
- Korea (10%)
- Yugoslavia (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,904 (86%)
- Carpooled: 162 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (1%)
- Other means: 19 (1%)
- Worked at home: 85 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (1%)
28 people in other group homes
95.7% of residents of Owosso township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (18% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 37% speak English not well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,682- In family households: 4,160 (1,212 male householders, 161 female householders)
1,139 spouses, 1,443 children (1,255 natural, 72 adopted, 116 stepchildren), 43 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 23 other relatives, 101 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 522 (196 male householders (159 living alone)), 283 female householders (283 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 28 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 647 2-persons, 272 3-persons, 282 4-persons, 122 5-persons, 39 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 442 1-person, 30 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
873 married couples with children.
196 single-parent households (61 men, 135 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 92
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 35
| Here: | 18.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |