Putnam township, Livingston County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Putnam township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Putnam township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6115
- Northeast: 244
- Midwest: 469
- South: 394
- West: 115
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $209,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Putnam township, Michigan:
- 22 people in other group homes
- 8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 3 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,624
- One, attached: 51
- Two: 70
- 3 or 4: 25
- 5 to 9: 38
- 10 to 19: 8
- Mobile homes: 78
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,200
Housing units in Putnam township with a mortgage: 1,458 (124 second mortgage, 242 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 332
- Construction (17%)
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Construction (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Putnam township:
- German (22.3%)
- United States or American (13.8%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- Polish (10.0%)
- English (8.5%)
- Italian (5.8%)
- Scottish (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Iraq (22%)
- Canada (16%)
- Germany (16%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Korea (7%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (6%)
- Netherlands (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,301 (86%)
- Carpooled: 319 (8%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 88 (2%)
- Other means: 33 (1%)
- Worked at home: 104 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Putnam township, Michigan:
- 22 people in other group homes
- 8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 3 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in nursing homes
97.0% of residents of Putnam township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (54% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 20% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,463- In family households: 6,784 (1,679 male householders, 400 female householders)
1,748 spouses, 2,547 children (2,332 natural, 64 adopted, 151 stepchildren), 88 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 86 other relatives, 196 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 679 (292 male householders (213 living alone)), 246 female householders (195 living alone)), 141 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 37 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 799 2-persons, 486 3-persons, 479 4-persons, 215 5-persons, 59 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 408 1-person, 120 2-persons, 10 3-persons,
1,665 married couples with children.
283 single-parent households (87 men, 196 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
| Here: | 3.9% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 0.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 35
| Here: | 12.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |