Ray township, Macomb County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (82% naturalized citizens)
| Ray township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Ray township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3133
- Northeast: 59
- Midwest: 239
- South: 192
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
People in group quarters in Ray township, Michigan:
- 19 people in other group homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,300
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $127,100
Housing units in Ray township with a mortgage: 592 (39 second mortgage, 109 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 244
- Construction (17%)
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Other direct selling establishments (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ray township:
- German (39.1%)
- Polish (11.1%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- English (7.0%)
- Italian (6.1%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- French (except Basque) (5.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (34%)
- United Kingdom (21%)
- Poland (19%)
- Other Southern Europe (13%)
- Other Western Europe (7%)
- Italy (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,688 (90%)
- Carpooled: 147 (8%)
- Walked: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 32 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Ray township, Michigan:
- 19 people in other group homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
94.6% of residents of Ray township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English not well).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,709- In family households: 3,449 (1,007 male householders, 70 female householders)
996 spouses, 1,301 children (1,195 natural, 21 adopted, 85 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 33 parents, 19 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 260 (143 male householders (124 living alone)), 90 female householders (83 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 31 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 412 2-persons, 247 3-persons, 229 4-persons, 136 5-persons, 53 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 207 1-person, 26 2-persons,
851 married couples with children.
76 single-parent households (31 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 70
| Here: | 26.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44
| Here: | 22.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |