Parma township, Jackson County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Parma township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Parma 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, 70% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2185
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 179
- South: 201
- West: 61
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
20 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
16 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 845
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 23
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 114
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,000
Housing units in Parma township with a mortgage: 363 (17 second mortgage, 44 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 100
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Parma township:
- German (23.4%)
- English (17.2%)
- United States or American (13.5%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Polish (6.1%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- Italian (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (56%)
- Philippines (20%)
- Canada (8%)
- Poland (6%)
- Korea (6%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,120 (85%)
- Carpooled: 126 (10%)
- Walked: 25 (2%)
- Other means: 17 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
20 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
16 people in other group homes
95.4% of residents of Parma township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,677- In family households: 2,438 (640 male householders, 118 female householders)
641 spouses, 901 children (834 natural, 5 adopted, 62 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 36 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 239 (117 male householders (94 living alone)), 68 female householders (56 living alone)), 54 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 37 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 274 2-persons, 181 3-persons, 190 4-persons, 75 5-persons, 38 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 150 1-person, 31 2-persons, 4 4-persons,
545 married couples with children.
137 single-parent households (44 men, 93 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 34
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 12.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |