Portage township, Mackinac County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Portage township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Portage township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 13% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 863
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 102
- South: 13
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
45 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
10 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 904
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 24
- 3 or 4: 4
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 88
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,100
Housing units in Portage township with a mortgage: 106 (4 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 139
- Construction (16%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Health care (35%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (15%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Portage township:
- German (30.4%)
- English (12.1%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- Polish (7.8%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- French (except Basque) (5.2%)
- Dutch (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (40%)
- Canada (40%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 216 (71%)
- Carpooled: 38 (12%)
- Walked: 27 (9%)
- Other means: 8 (3%)
- Worked at home: 16 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Wood (24%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Utility gas (1%)
45 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
10 people in nursing homes
96.2% of residents of Portage township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 982- In family households: 820 (268 male householders, 45 female householders)
268 spouses, 218 children (196 natural, 4 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 162 (64 male householders (60 living alone)), 75 female householders (62 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 55 (11 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 210 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 122 1-person, 15 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
124 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (15 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |