Platte township, Benzie County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Platte township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Platte township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 265
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 47
- South: 11
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 192
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 42
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $60,000
Housing units in Platte township with a mortgage: 32 (0 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8
- Construction (32%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Life and physical scientists (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Platte township:
- German (24.6%)
- United States or American (12.7%)
- English (11.1%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- French (except Basque) (6.7%)
- French Canadian (6.7%)
- Scottish (5.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (60%)
- Germany (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 128 (72%)
- Carpooled: 18 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (6%)
- Worked at home: 19 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (56%)
- Wood (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (5%)
- No fuel used (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.6% of residents of Platte township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 346- In family households: 307 (86 male householders, 24 female householders)
92 spouses, 90 children (80 natural, 3 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 39 (27 male householders (23 living alone)), 8 female householders (8 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 68 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 31 1-person, 4 2-persons,
50 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (5 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 22.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |