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Raber township, Chippewa County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)

Raber township:

0.9%
Whole state:

5.3%

71% of Raber township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Michigan.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 509
  • Northeast: 11
  • Midwest: 45
  • South: 31
  • West: 14

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Raber township, MI map Raber township, Michigan satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $41,700


Housing units in Raber township with a mortgage: 37 (0 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 80

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 12
  • 1995 to 1998: 47
  • 1990 to 1994: 51
  • 1980 to 1989: 89
  • 1970 to 1979: 132
  • 1960 to 1969: 63
  • 1950 to 1959: 85
  • 1940 to 1949: 45
  • 1939 or earlier: 63

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Raber township, Michigan:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 8
  • 3 rooms: 15
  • 4 rooms: 63
  • 5 rooms: 86
  • 6 rooms: 62
  • 7 rooms: 32
  • 8 rooms: 14
  • 9 or more rooms: 8

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Raber township, Michigan:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 2
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 6
  • 5 rooms: 0
  • 6 rooms: 2
  • 7 rooms: 0
  • 8 rooms: 3
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Raber township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 21
  • 2 bedrooms: 103
  • 3 bedrooms: 128
  • 4 bedrooms: 35
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 1

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Raber township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 2
  • 2 bedrooms: 8
  • 3 bedrooms: 0
  • 4 bedrooms: 3
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Raber township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 41
  • 1 vehicle: 96
  • 2 vehicles: 118
  • 3 vehicles: 23
  • 4 vehicles: 10
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Raber township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 2
  • 1 vehicle: 4
  • 2 vehicles: 7
  • 3 vehicles: 0
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (14%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Chemicals (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Metal and metal products (4%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (21%)
  • Educational services (17%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Public administration (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Carpenters (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Health technologists and technicians (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Raber township:

  • Polish (33.8%)
  • English (13.9%)
  • German (12.1%)
  • United States or American (5.9%)
  • French (except Basque) (5.5%)
  • Irish (5.5%)
  • Scotch-Irish (2.9%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Germany (50%)
  • Canada (50%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
  • Wood (18%)
  • Electricity (4%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

96.9% of residents of Raber township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 628

Size of family households: 132 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 103 1-person, 7 2-persons,

77 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (10 men, 16 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here:

9.3%
Michigan:

11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here:

3.3%
Michigan:

8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here:

0.0%
Michigan:

16.5%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Raber township:

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