Palmyra township, Lenawee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Palmyra township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Palmyra township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% 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: 1726
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 392
- South: 97
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
People in group quarters in Palmyra township, Michigan:
- 197 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 26 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 756
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 13
- Mobile homes: 52
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,300
Housing units in Palmyra township with a mortgage: 342 (15 second mortgage, 94 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 166
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Palmyra township:
- German (33.6%)
- United States or American (11.7%)
- English (9.4%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
- Polish (3.2%)
- Belgian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Iraq (26%)
- Jamaica (26%)
- Russia (23%)
- Romania (14%)
- Germany (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 929 (82%)
- Carpooled: 107 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 44 (4%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 37 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Palmyra township, Michigan:
- 197 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 26 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in nursing homes
91.6% of residents of Palmyra township speak English at home.
6.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 62% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,115- In family households: 1,917 (494 male householders, 116 female householders)
485 spouses, 698 children (640 natural, 24 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 26 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 198 (95 male householders (74 living alone)), 74 female householders (70 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 223 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 245 2-persons, 154 3-persons, 126 4-persons, 62 5-persons, 23 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 144 1-person, 25 2-persons,
399 married couples with children.
102 single-parent households (36 men, 66 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 36
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 13.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |